Extended lymphadenectomy in esophageal cancer is debatable

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1757-1767

  Herbella, Fernando A M ^a   Laurino Neto, Rafael M ^a   Allaix, Marco E ^b   Patti, Marco G ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; METHODOLOGY;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84880767385     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-013-2018-5     Document Type: Article

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