Pattern of Recurrence after Extended Radical Esophagectomy with Three-Field Lymph Node Dissection for Squamous Cell Carcinoma in the Thoracic Esophagus
โ Scribed by Mehul S. Bhansali; Hiromasa Fujita; Teruo Kakegawa; Hideaki Yamana; Takafumi Ono; Shigeki Hikita; Yuji Toh; Teruhiko Fujii; Uhi Tou; Kazuo Shirouzu
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 274 KB
- Volume
- 21
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0364-2313
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