Results of esophagectomy for esophageal cancer in elderly patients: Age has little influence on outcome and survival

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1186-1192

  Ruol, Alberto ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^b   Zaninotto, Giovanni ^a   Cagol, Matteo ^b   Cavallin, Francesco ^b   Castoro, Carlo ^b   Sileni, Vanna Chiarion ^b   Alfieri, Rita ^a   Rampado, Sabrina ^a   Ancona, Ermanno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34247354092     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2006.12.040     Document Type: Article

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