Relationships between operative approaches and outcomes in esophageal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 175, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 422-425

  Pommier, Rodney F ^a   Vetto, John T ^a   Ferris, Brian L ^a   Wilmarth, Thea J ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OREGON; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031954112     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(98)00055-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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