Tumor location does not impact long-term survival in patients with operable thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma in China

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1861-1866

  Yang, Hao Xian ^a   Hou, Xue ^a   Liu, Qian Wen ^a   Zhang, Lan Jun ^a   Liu, Jin Geng ^a   Lin, Peng ^a   Fu, Jian Hua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHINA; ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; THORACOTOMY; THORAX; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84861620554     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.03.002     Document Type: Article

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