## Abstract Patients with locally advanced esophageal carcinoma have consistently poor survival following surgery with associated high systemic and localβregional failure rates. Neoadjuvant therapeutic strategies have been employed in an attempt to improve outcome with variable success. Randomized
Advances in the surgical treatment of esophageal cancer
β Scribed by Thomas Ng; Michael P. Vezeridis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 77 KB
- Volume
- 101
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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