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Distant Lymph Node Metastases in Esophageal Cancer: Impact of Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Biopsy

DOI

124

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1999

Year

Giovannini, Monges, Seitz, Moutardier, Nunzia Bernardini, P. Thomas, Houvenaeghel, Jean‐Robert Delpéro, Giudicelli, Fuentés
Endoscopy

Abstract

EUS-guided biopsy of distant lymph nodes was indicated in 20% of patients with esophageal cancers, and the biopsy results led to upgrading of the tumor stage in about 80% of cases and influenced the treatment decision in about 60%.