Erschienen in:
22.05.2019 | Letter to the Editor
Significance of Intramural Metastasis in Patients with Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Indicator of Aggressive Cancer Behavior
verfasst von:
Hanlu Zhang, Yushang Yang, Wenping Wang, Yong Yuan, Yun Wang, Long-Qi Chen
Erschienen in:
World Journal of Surgery
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Ausgabe 10/2019
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Excerpt
We read with great interest the excellent article by Okamura et al. in
World Journal of Surgery [
1]. The authors found that the presence of intramural metastasis (IM) was an independent poor prognostic indicator in patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) undergoing surgery. We congratulate Okamura et al. for this innovative and excellent study, but some points of the study warrant discussion. …