Follow-up and recurrence after a curative esophagectomy for patients with esophageal cancer: The first indicators for recurrence and their prognostic values

Esophagus

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 37-43

  Toh, Yasushi ^a   Oki, Eiji ^a   Minami, Kazuhito ^a   Okamura, Takeshi ^a  

^a NATIONAL KYUSHU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; First indicators for recurrence; Postoperative follow up; Prognostic factors after recurrence

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE;

EID: 77954773897     PISSN: 16129059     EISSN: 16129067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10388-009-0221-0     Document Type: Article

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