Impact of number and site of lymph node invasion on survival of adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 704-708

  Ielpoa, Benedetto ^a   Pernaute, Andres Sanchez ^a   Elia, Stefano ^b   Buonomo, Oreste Claudio ^b   Valladares, Luis Diez ^a   Aguirre, Elia Perez ^a   Petrella, Giuseppe ^b   Garcia, Antonio Torres ^a  

^a S Carlos University Hospital   (Spain)

^b TOR VERGATA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Esophagogastric junction; Lymphadenectomy; Staging

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77954627004     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2009.222778     Document Type: Article

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