Endoscopic mucosal resection for early esophageal cancer: Skip EUS and cut to the chase

Gastrointestinal Endoscopy

Volumn 73, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 669-672

  Gerke, Henning ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

metastasis classification; node; TNM; tumor

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 79953252491     PISSN: 00165107     EISSN: 10976779     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gie.2010.11.051     Document Type: Editorial

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