The prognostic value of the number of negative lymph nodes in esophageal cancer patients after transthoracic resection

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 96, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 995-1001

  Hsu, Po Kuei ^a,b   Huang, Chien Sheng ^a,b   Wang, Bing Yen ^b,c,d   Wu, Yu Chung ^a,b   Chou, Teh Ying ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Hu ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SEX; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 84883235601     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: 15526259     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.098     Document Type: Article

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