Esophageal cancer surgery: The value of controlled clinical trials

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Law, Simon Y ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms; Prospective studies; Random allocation; Randomized controlled trials

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL ETHICS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 0030855132     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199707/08)13:4<281::AID-SSU10>3.0.CO;2-V     Document Type: Review

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