Surgical palliation for thoracic esophageal carcinoma;Trattamento chirurgico palliativo del cancro dell'esofago toracico

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 54, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 835-842

  Gentile, M ^a   Cecere, C ^b   Elia, S ^b   De Palma, G ^b   Fraioli, G ^b   Griffo, S ^b   Ferrante, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms surgery; Esophagus surgery; Palliative care methods

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLON SURGERY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; GASTROSTOMY; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; INTESTINE BYPASS; JEJUNOSTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; STOMACH TRANSPOSITION; THORAX CANCER;

AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033510634     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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