Esophagectomy for cancer in the patient aged 70 years and older

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1423-1427

  Jougon, Jacques B ^a   Ballester, Michel ^a   Duffy, John ^a   Dubrez, Jean ^a   Delaisement, Christophe ^a   Velly, Jean François ^a   Couraud, Louis ^a  

^a HAUT LÉVÊQUE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL RISK; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SELECTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031149190     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(97)00097-0     Document Type: Article

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