Do Age, Gender, or Tumor Location Affect Outcomes When Using Metallic Stents in the Palliative Treatment of Esophageal Carcinoma?

Gastroenterology Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 249-253

  Raltz, Shirley L ^a   Kozarek, Richard A ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX FACTORS; STENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033222884     PISSN: 1042895X     EISSN: 15389766     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001610-199911000-00005     Document Type: Article

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