title: Staging laparoscopy for gastrointestinal malignancies: current indications.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam. w.a.bemelman@amc.uva.nl
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Bemelman
authors.forename: E J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Nieveen van Dijkum
authors.forename: L T
authors.initials: LT
authors.lastname: de Wit
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Gouma
mesh_terms: D019160:Endosonography; D005770:Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D010535:Laparoscopy; D008207:Lymphatic Metastasis; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D011379:Prognosis