Palliation of malignant dysphagia: An alternative to surgery

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 78, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 457-462

  Mason, Robert ^a,b  

^a GUY'S AND ST THOMAS' NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Laser; Oesophageal cancer; Stents

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STENT; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; METALS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029761020     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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