Stage-iv esophageal carcinoma; a therapeutic dilemma

Digestive Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-33

  Imdahl, Andreas ^a   Rückauer, Klaus D ^a   Slanina, Joachim ^a   Schulte Mönting, Jürgen ^a   Farthmann, Eduard H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Palliative resection; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SWALLOWING; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029917997     PISSN: 02534886     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000172401     Document Type: Article

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