The role of bronchoscopic assessment in esophageal cancer - Clinical and survival analysis in 153 patients

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 168-173

  Cheng, Shih Lung ^a,b   Wang, Hao Chien ^a,b   Lee, Yung Chie ^b   Yang, Pan Chyr ^b   Kuo, Sow Hsong ^b   Luh, Kwen Tay ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bronchoscopy; Carcinoma; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BRONCHOSPASM; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DYSPNEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FEVER; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SEPTIC SHOCK; SURVIVAL TIME; TRACHEA COMPRESSION; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ARTICLE; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER INVASION; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FIBER OPTICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL; TAIWAN;

BRONCHOSCOPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FIBER OPTICS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 19144372209     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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