Pattern of lymphatic spread in thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A single-institution experience

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 144, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 778-786

  Li, Bin ^a,b   Chen, Haiquan ^a,b   Xiang, Jiaqing ^a,b   Zhang, Yawei ^a,b   Li, Chenguang ^a,b   Hu, Haichuan ^a,b   Zhang, Yang ^a,b  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; NECK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGED; BLOOD VESSELS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHINA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84866359842     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: 1097685X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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