three hundred sixty-nine patients with cancer of the esophagus ( 280 ) and of the cardia ( 89 ) underwent laparoscopy , which revealed single or multiple metastases to the liver , peritoneum , omentum , stomach , and lymph nodes in 52 patients ( 14 % ) and a metastasis to the gastric wall or to the regional lymph nodes in 36 patients ( 9.7 % ) .
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laparoscopy
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peritoneum