Influence of socio-economic deprivation on outcomes for patients diagnosed with gastric cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 40, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1351-1357

  Stephens, Michael R ^a   Blackshaw, Guy R J C ^a   Lewis, Wyn G ^a   Edwards, Paul ^a   Barry, Jonathon D ^a   Hopper, Neil A ^a   Allison, Miles C ^a  

^a ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Gastric cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 27844517394     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520510023666     Document Type: Article

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