Background and Objectives: As infraclavicular lymph node metastases is one of the parameters of stage III-C, the diagnostic techniques aiming to identify the metastases of this region have gained importance recently. In this study, we investigated the presence of axillary and infraclavicular lymph n
Usefulness and limitations of endoscopic ultrasonography for detection of lymph node metastasis in esophageal cancer
β Scribed by Tatsuya Miyazaki; Hiroyuki Kato; Hiroyuki Kuwano
- Publisher
- Springer Japan
- Year
- 2004
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 78 KB
- Volume
- 39
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0944-1174
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