Results of Surgical Resection of Oesophageal Carcinoma in Singapore

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 57-61

  Chan, W H ^b   Wong, W K ^a   Chan, H S ^b   Soo, K C ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Carcinoma of oesophagus; Chemo irradiation; Transhiatal and transthoracic resection

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SINGAPORE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033656831     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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