Open AccessImprovement in the Results of Surgical Treatment of Advanced Squamous Esophageal Carcinoma During 15 Consecutive Years
Author(s) -
Nobutoshi Ando,
Soji Ozawa,
Yuko Kitagawa,
Yotaro Shinozawa,
Masaki Kitajima
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
annals of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.153
H-Index - 309
eISSN - 1528-1140
pISSN - 0003-4932
DOI - 10.1097/00000658-200008000-00013
Subject(s) - medicine , esophagectomy , esophagus , carcinoma , lymphadenectomy , stage (stratigraphy) , surgery , proportional hazards model , esophageal disease , esophageal cancer , survival rate , cancer , gastroenterology , paleontology , biology
To document the clinicopathologic characteristics and survival of patients undergoing esophagectomy for squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus, and to examine the factors contributing to improvements in outcome noted in patients with advanced carcinoma.