Management of esophageal cancer in patients aged over 80 years

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 445-448

  Ruol, Alberto ^a   Portale, Giuseppe ^b   Castoro, Carlo ^b   Merigliano, Stefano ^a   Cavallin, Francesco ^a   Battaglia, Giorgio ^b   Michieletto, Silvia ^a   Ancona, Ermanno ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADUA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Italy)

^b VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Elderly; Esophageal and esophagogastric junction cancer; Esophagectomy; Octogenarians; Palliation

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT REFERRAL; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTHESIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34547702016     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejcts.2007.06.014     Document Type: Article

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