Surgical perspectives in gastrointestinal disease: A study of quality of life outcomes in esophageal, pancreatic, colon, and rectal cancers

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 20, 2006, Pages 3213-3218

  Viola, Kate V ^a   Ariyan, Charlotte ^a   Sosa, Julie Ann ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Gastrointestinal malignancy; Patient related outcomes; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; MORBIDITY; PANCREAS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 33745087441     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i20.3213     Document Type: Review

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