Defining a positive circumferential resection margin in oesophageal cancer and its implications for adjuvant treatment

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 100, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1055-1063

  O'Neill, J R ^a   Stephens, N A ^a   Save, V ^a   Kamel, H M ^c   Phillips, H A ^b   Driscoll, P J ^d   Paterson Brown, S ^a  

^a ROYAL INFIRMARY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c WISHAW GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84878843324     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.9145     Document Type: Article

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