Influence of socio-economic deprivation on outcomes for patients diagnosed with oesophageal cancer

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1230-1237

  Morgan, Matthew A ^a,b   Lewis, Wyn G ^a,b   Chan, David S Y ^a   Burrows, Sarah ^a   Stephens, Michael R ^a   Roberts, S Ashley ^a   Havard, Timothy J ^c   Clark, Geoffrey W B ^a   Crosby, Tom D L ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL GWENT HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL GLAMORGAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Oesophageal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIOECONOMICS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT CARE TEAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WALES;

EID: 35148820293     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520701320471     Document Type: Article

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