Influence of Neoadjuvant Chemoradiation on the Number and Size of Analyzed Lymph Nodes in Esophageal Cancer
✍ Scribed by Elfriede Bollschweiler; Sarah Besch; Uta Drebber; Wolfgang Schröder; Stefan P. Mönig; Daniel Vallböhmer; Stephan E. Baldus; Ralf Metzger; Arnulf H. Hölscher
- Book ID
- 111773710
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 402 KB
- Volume
- 17
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1068-9265
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