Pattern of lymph node metastases of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma based on the anatomical lymphatic drainage system

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-38

  Tachimori, Y ^a   Nagai, Y ^a   Kanamori, N ^a   Hokamura, N ^a   Igaki, H ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Lymph node excision; Lymphatic metastasis; Neoplasm staging

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLAVICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUSCLE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC DRAINAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUBMUCOSA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 79551597022     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2010.01086.x     Document Type: Article

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