Outcomes in Octogenarians Undergoing High-Risk Cancer Operation: A National Study

Journal of the American College of Surgeons

Volumn 205, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 729-734

  Finlayson, Emily ^a   Fan, Zhaohui ^a   Birkmeyer, John D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HIGH RISK BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; LUNG RESECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS RESECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PANCREATECTOMY; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; PNEUMONECTOMY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 36148953846     PISSN: 10727515     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2007.06.307     Document Type: Article

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