Number of metastasis-positive lymph node stations is a simple and reliable prognostic factor following surgery in patients with esophageal cancer

Experimental and Therapeutic Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1087-1091

  Takeno, Shinsuke ^a,b   Yamashita, Shin Ichi ^b   Yamamoto, Satoshi ^b   Takahashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Moroga, Toshihiko ^b   Kawahara, Katsunobu ^b   Shiroshita, Toyoo ^a   Yamana, Ippei ^a   Maki, Kenji ^a   Yamashita, Yuichi ^a  

^a FUKUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Japanese classification; Lymph node metastasis; Lymph node station; TNM classification

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY; SURVIVAL PREDICTION;

EID: 84867252926     PISSN: 17920981     EISSN: 17921015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/etm.2012.705     Document Type: Article

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