Prior chemoradiotherapy is associated with a higher life-threatening complication rate after palliative insertion of metal stents in patients with oesophageal cancer

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 23, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1693-1702

  Lecleire, S ^a   Di Fiore, F ^a   Ben Soussan, E ^a   Antonietti, M ^a   Hellot, M F ^a   Paillot, B ^a   Lerebours, E ^a   Ducrotte P ^a   Michel, P ^a  

^a HÔPITAL CHARLES NICOLLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; FEVER; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERFORATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEPSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STENT; THORAX PAIN;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STENTS;

EID: 33744910637     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02946.x     Document Type: Article

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