Esophageal cancers with synchronous or antecedent head and neck cancers: A more formidable challenge?

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1750-1756

  Lo, Oswens Siu Hung ^a   Law, Simon ^a   Wei, William I ^a   Ng, Wai Man ^a   Wong, Kam Ho ^a   Tong, King Hung ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Head and neck cancer; Morbidity; Mortality; Postoperative complication; Synchronous or antecedent cancers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRONCHOPNEUMONIA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHYLOTHORAX; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; RESPIRATORY FAILURE; SEPSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 43449106462     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9860-y     Document Type: Article

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