New design esophageal stents for the palliation of dysphagia from esophageal or gastric cardia cancer: A randomized trial

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 304-312

  Verschuur, Els M L ^a,c   Repici, Alessandro ^b   Kuipers, Ernst J ^a   Steyerberg, Ewout W ^a   Siersema, Peter D ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b HUMANITAS CLINICAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIA; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; RECURRENCE; STENTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 39049140194     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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