Tumour size of resectable oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma measured with multidetector computed tomography for predicting regional lymph node metastasis and N stage

European Radiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2487-2493

  Li, Hang ^a   Chen, Tian Wu ^a   Li, Zhen Lin ^b   Zhang, Xiao Ming ^a   Chen, Xiao Li ^a   Wang, Li Ying ^a   Zhou, Li ^a   Li, Rui ^a   Li, Chun Ping ^a   Huang, Xiao Hua ^a  

^a AFFILIATED HOSPITAL OF NORTH SICHUAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Lymph node metastasis; N stage; Oesophagus; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; CONTRAST MEDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; MULTIDETECTOR COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVER VARIATION; ROC CURVE;

EID: 84870356078     PISSN: 09387994     EISSN: 14321084     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00330-012-2512-4     Document Type: Article

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