The role of socio-economic status in the decision making on diagnosis and treatment of oesophageal cancer in The Netherlands

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1180-1185

  Van Vliet, E P M ^a   Eijkemans, M J C ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^a   Kuipers, E J ^a   Tilanus, H W ^a   Van Der Gaast, A ^a   Siersema, P D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Histology; Neoplasm; Oesophagus; Social class; Staging; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECISION MAKING; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NETHERLANDS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATABASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33750469670     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603374     Document Type: Article

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