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World J Gastroenterol. Apr 28, 2010; 16(16): 1986-1992
Published online Apr 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i16.1986
Published online Apr 28, 2010. doi: 10.3748/wjg.v16.i16.1986
Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer: Impact on extracapsular lymph node involvement
Ralf Metzger, Elfriede Bollschweiler, Stefan P Mönig, Wolfgang Schröder, Hakan Alakus, Arnulf H Hölscher, Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, Center for Integrated Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Uta Drebber, Department of Pathology, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Martin Kocher, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Cologne, 50937 Cologne, Germany
Stephan E Baldus, Department of Pathology, University of Düsseldorf, 40225 Düsseldorf, Germany
Author contributions: Metzger R was involved in the majority of writing and editing of the manuscript, and coordinating the study; Bollschweiler E performed the statistical analysis and contributed to the conception and design of the manuscript; Drebber U and Baldus SE were responsible for pathological assessment of the resected tumor samples and lymph nodes; Mönig SP and Schröder W contributed to the acquisition of surgical and routine histopathological data; Alakus H was involved in the acquisition of the surgical data and in editing the manuscript; Kocher M performed the neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy; Hölscher AH coordinated and performed the study and edited the manuscript.
Supported by Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, Center for Integrated Oncology (CIO) Köln Bonn and the Hoff`sche Stiftung
Correspondence to: Ralf Metzger, MD, Department of General, Visceral and Cancer Surgery, Center for Integrated Oncology, University Hospital of Cologne, Kerpener Str. 62, 50937 Cologne, Germany. ralf.metzger@uk-koeln.de
Telephone: +49-221-4784803 Fax: +49-221-4786258
Received: December 21, 2009
Revised: January 21, 2010
Accepted: January 28, 2010
Published online: April 28, 2010
Revised: January 21, 2010
Accepted: January 28, 2010
Published online: April 28, 2010
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