Esophageal cancer: Results of American College of Surgeons patient care evaluation study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 190, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 562-572

  Daly, John M ^a   Fry, Willard A ^b   Little, Alex G ^c   Winchester, David P ^b   McKee, Rosemary F ^d   Stewart, Andrew K ^e   Fremgen, Amy M ^e  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b EVANSTON NORTHWESTERN HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Methodist Health Care   (United States)

^e AMERICAN COLLEGE OF SURGEONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0034066467     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1072-7515(00)00238-6     Document Type: Article

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