Endoscopic palliation of esophageal malignancy

Endoscopy

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2003, Pages

  Kozarek, R A ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARGON PLASMA COAGULATION; CANCER GRADING; CAUTERIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INJECTION; NEODYMIUM LASER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PROSTHESIS; STENT; T LYMPHOCYTE;

CATHETER ABLATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; HUMANS; PALLIATIVE CARE; STENTS;

EID: 0042889322     PISSN: 0013726X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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