Adenocarcinoma in the distal esophagus with and without Barrett esophagus: Differences in symptoms and survival rates

Archives of Surgery

Volumn 131, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 708-713

  Johansson, Jan ^a   Johnsson, Folke ^a   Walther, Bruno ^a   Willén, Roger ^b   Von Holstein, Christer Staël ^a   Zilling, Thomas ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0029979827     PISSN: 00040010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archsurg.1996.01430190030008     Document Type: Article

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