Staging of esophageal carcinoma: length of tumor and number of involved regional lymph nodes. Are these independent prognostic factors?

E, Bollschweiler; SE, Baldus; W, Schröder; PM, Schneider; AH, Hölscher

doi:10.1002/jso.20569

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Staging of esophageal carcinoma: length of tumor and number of involved regional lymph nodes. Are these independent prognostic factors?

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Authors:

Bollschweiler E

Baldus SE

Schröder W

Abstract

<h4>Background and objectives</h4>New potential prognostic indicators aside from the TNM classification have been proposed. The aim of this study was to analyze the prognostic relevance of tumor length as well as number of involved regional lymph nodes (LNM) in patients with esophageal carcinoma.<h4...

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