Assessment of Tumor Invasion of the Distal Esophagus in Carcinoma of the Cardia Using Endoscopic Ultrasonography - Concepedia

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Assessment of Tumor Invasion of the Distal Esophagus in Carcinoma of the Cardia Using Endoscopic Ultrasonography

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1996

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S Natsugoe, Heiji Yoshinaka, T. Moringa, M. Shimada, Shuichi Hokita, Masayuki Baba, Sonshin Takao, Tsuyoshi Fukumoto, H. J. Stein, Takashi Aikou

Abstract

EUS can provide the surgeon with additional information on the extent of esophageal infiltration in patients with carcinoma of the gastric cardia, and can therefore assist in the selection of the surgical approach.