A review of 208 cases of surgically treated squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus revealed 16 (7.7%) with hypercalcemia. There was no evidence of bone metastases in 13 (6.3%) of the patients with hypercalcemia. Pathogenesis of this hypercalcemia without bone metastases was suggested to be multifa
Two-stage operation for poor-risk patients with carcinoma of the esophagus
โ Scribed by Keizo Sugimachi; Masayuki Kitamura; Sohichiro Maekawa; Hidemasa Matsufuji; Hidenobu Kai; Yasuyuki Okudaira
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1987
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 345 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4790
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