How does the number of resected lymph nodes influence TNM staging and prognosis for esophageal carcinoma?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 784-790

  Hu, Yang ^a   Hu, Chunyan ^b   Zhang, Helin ^c   Ping, Yumin ^c   Chen, Long Qi ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b National Chengdu Center for Safety Evaluation of Traditional Chinese Medicine   (China)

^c HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77149155640     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0818-5     Document Type: Article

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