Comparison Between Established and the Worldwide Esophageal Cancer Collaboration Staging Systems

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Gaur, Puja ^a   Hofstetter, Wayne L ^a   Bekele, B Nebiyou ^a   Correa, Arlene M ^a   Mehran, Reza J ^a   Rice, David C ^a   Roth, Jack A ^a   Vaporciyan, Ara A ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^b   Swisher, Stephen G ^a  

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

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL JUNCTION ADENOCARCINOMA STAGING; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORLDWIDE ESOPHAGEAL CANCER COLLABORATION STAGING;

EID: 77952303276     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2010.02.048     Document Type: Article

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