Results of surgical treatment of oesophageal cancer

Journal of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 295-301

  Sabanathan, S ^a   Shah, R ^a   Mearns, A J ^a   Richardson, J ^a   Goulden, C ^a   Shakir, T ^a  

^a BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carcinoma of oesophagus; Palliation; Prognosis; Resection; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; INTERCOSTAL NERVE BLOCK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029845442     PISSN: 00358835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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