Endosonographic Staging of Esophageal Cancer
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Endosonographic Staging of Esophageal Cancer.
BACKGROUND: Endosonography (ES) is an important tool for staging malignant esophageal cancer with the TNM staging classification. ES is a safe procedure and an accurate method of staging tumor invasion (T) and lymph node involvement (N). METHODS: The author reviewed the literature on the comparative roles of computed tomography and ES as complementary staging procedures. RESULTS: Advantages of ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Cancer Control
سال: 1999
ISSN: 1073-2748,1073-2748
DOI: 10.1177/107327489900600102