A survey of oesophageal cancer: Pathology, stage and clinical presentation

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 587-593

  Schlansky, B ^a   Dimarino Jr , A J ^a   Loren, D ^a   Infantolino, A ^a   Kowalski, T ^a   Cohen, S ^a,b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; URBAN AREA; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PAIN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 33644993857     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02782.x     Document Type: Review

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