Cost-effectiveness in the management of patients with oesophageal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1394-1398

  Farndon, M A ^a   Wayman, J ^a   Clague, M B ^a   Griffin, S M ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTUBATION; LASER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; TIME;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENGLAND; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031717850     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2168.1998.00916.x     Document Type: Article

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