Metachronous pulmonary metastasis after radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer: prognosis and outcome

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Few reports discuss the outcome of pulmonary metastasis after radical esophagectomy for esophageal cancer. To clarify the data from such cases, we conducted a retrospective study on the clinical outcome of patients who developed pulm...

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Main Authors: Takemura Masashi, Sakurai Katsunobu, Takii Mamiko, Yoshida Kayo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2012-10-01
Series:Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery
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Online Access:http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/7/1/103