Prognostic significance of the size of cancer nests in metastatic lymph nodes in human esophageal cancers
โ Scribed by Takamichi Komori; Yuichiro Doki; Toshiyuki Kabuto; Osamu Ishikawa; Masahiro Hiratsuka; Yo Sasaki; Hiroaki Ohigashi; Kohei Murata; Terumasa Yamada; Isao Miyashiro; Masayuki Mano; Shingo Ishiguro; Shingi Imaoka
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 111 KB
- Volume
- 82
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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