Impact of tumor length on long-term survival of pT1 esophageal adenocarcinoma

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 831-836

  Bolton, William D ^a   Hofstetter, Wayne L ^a   Francis, Ashleigh M ^a   Correa, Arlene M ^a   Ajani, Jaffer A ^a   Bhutani, Manoop S ^a   Erasmus, Jeremy ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Maru, Dipen M ^a   Mehran, Reza J ^a   Rice, David C ^a   Roth, Jack A ^a   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^a   Walsh, Garrett L ^a   Swisher, Stephen G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 70349152703     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.02.003     Document Type: Article

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