Relative prognostic value of TNM7 vs TNM6 in staging oesophageal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 842-846

  Reid, T D ^a   Sanyaolu, L N ^a   Chan, D ^a   Williams, G T ^a   Lewis, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

oesophageal cancer; prognosis; TNM staging

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 80052436842     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2011.320     Document Type: Article

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