Quality in the surgical treatment of cancer of the esophagus and gastroesophageal junction

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6 SPEC. ISS., 2005, Pages 587-594

  Lerut, Toni ^a   Nafteux, Ph ^a   Moons, J ^a   Coosemans, W ^a   Decker, G ^a   De Leyn, P ^a   Van Raemdonck, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cure rate; Disease free survival; Esophagus; Gastroesophageal junction; Outcome measurement; Staging; Surgical quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDIZATION; SURGEON; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURGICAL TRAINING; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 22144446043     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2005.02.010     Document Type: Article

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