The importance of grouping of lymph node stations and rationale of three-field lymphoadenectomy for thoracic esophageal cancer

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 742-747

  Udagawa, Harushi ^a   Ueno, Masaki ^a   Shinohara, Hisashi ^a   Haruta, Shusuke ^a   Kaida, Sachiko ^a   Nakagawa, Masatoshi ^a   Tsurumaru, Masahiko ^b  

^a TORANOMON HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

efficacy index; esophageal cancer; the Japanese classification of esophageal cancer; three field lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC ESOPHAGUS CANCER; THORAX CANCER; THREE FIELD LYMPHADENECTOMY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84867844872     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23122     Document Type: Article

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