Surgical palliation of advanced gastrointestinal tumors

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 871-876

  Podnos, Yale D ^a   Juarez, Gloria ^b   Pameijer, Collette ^c   Uman, Gwen ^d   Ferrell, Betty R ^b   Wagman, Lawrence D ^b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Vital Research   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PARAMETER; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34848889709     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0174     Document Type: Article

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