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Mediastinal lymph node dissection and distal esophagectomy is not essential in early esophagogastric junction adenocarcinoma

BACKGROUND: Optimal extent of surgery remains controversial in types 2 and 3 adenocarcinoma of esophagogastric junction (AEG). We aimed to determine whether the extended procedure including mediastinal lymphadenectomy is essential in all patients with AEG by comparing prognosis and recurrence of pro...

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Autores principales: Lee, In-Seob, Ahn, Ji-Yong, Yook, Jeong-Hwan, Kim, Byung-Sik
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5242091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28100248
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12957-016-1088-x