Clinical manifestation of esophageal carcinosarcoma: A Taiwan experience

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-127

  Kuo, C J ^a   Lin, T N ^a   Lin, C J ^a,b   Wu, R C ^a,b   Chang, H K ^a,b   Chu, Y Y ^a   Lien, J M ^a,b   Su, M Y ^a,b   Chiu, C T ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophageal carcinosarcoma; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE DURATION; ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TUMOR VOLUME; AGE; ARECA; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; POLYPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SECONDARY; ULCER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ARECA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; POLYPS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; ULCER;

EID: 77953162100     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00976.x     Document Type: Article

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