Prognostic factors after extended esopha
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Tachibana, Mitsuo; Kinugasa, Shoichi; Dhar, Dipok Kumar; Kotoh, Tsukasa; Shibaki
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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## Backgrounds and Objectives: In Japan, extended esophagectomy with extensive lymphadenectomy has become the standard surgical procedure for carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus. Although mortality and morbidity rates after such extensive esophagectomy have been acceptable, the long-term outcomes