A prospective evaluation of palliative outcomes for surgery of advanced malignancies

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 654-663

  McCahill, Laurence E ^a,c   Smith, David D ^b   Borneman, Tami ^b   Juarez, Gloria ^b   Cullinane, Carey ^b   Chu, David Z J ^b   Ferrell, Betty R ^b   Wagman, Lawrence D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced malignancy; Outcomes; Palliative surgery; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATOBILIARY SYSTEM CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS CANCER; SARCOMA; SCORING SYSTEM; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CLINICAL TRIAL; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141941535     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/ASO.2003.06.011     Document Type: Article

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