Disease-specific multidisciplinary care: A natural progression in the management of esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 417-418

  Jobe, B A ^a   Enestvedt, C K ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOMODULATING AGENT; PROBIOTIC AGENT;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELIAC DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC SURGERY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEEDING APPARATUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPICE CARE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METASTASIS; MICROVASCULAR SURGERY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ASPECT; STENT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM;

EID: 33750437252     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2006.00628.x     Document Type: Editorial

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