Gastrostomies in palliative care

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1147-1151

  Gonçalves, Ferraz ^a   Mozes, Mónica ^a   Saraiva, Isabel ^a   Ramos, Cristina ^a  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Bowel obstruction; Dysphagia; Gastrostomies; Nutrition; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTESTINE OBSTRUCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERITONITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; DRAINAGE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PORTUGAL; RADIOGRAPHY, INTERVENTIONAL; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748949331     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-006-0045-6     Document Type: Article

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