Better survival in patients with esophageal cancer after surgical treatment in university hospitals: A plea for performance by surgical oncologists

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1678-1687

  Verhoef, Christian ^a,b   Van De Weyer, Rens ^b,c   Schaapveld, Michael ^b   Bastiaannet, Esther ^b   Plukker, John Th M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c MÁXIMA MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Expertise; Referral; Survival benefit

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RISK; SURGEON;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34249006267     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-006-9333-0     Document Type: Article

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