Survival and daily physical activity in patients treated for advanced midgut carcinoid tumors

Surgery

Volumn 122, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 1075-1082

  Makridis, Charlie ^a,b   Ekbom, Anders ^a,b   Bring, Johan ^a,b   Rastad, Jonas ^a,b   Juhlin, Claes ^a,b   Öberg, Kjell ^a,b   Åkerström, Göran ^a,b  

^a University Hospital ^*

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 HYDROXYINDOLEACETIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CACHEXIA; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CARCINOID; CARCINOID SYNDROME; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDGUT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031471252     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0039-6060(97)90211-7     Document Type: Article

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