Esophagectomy in patients aged over 80 years with esophageal cancer

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 55, Issue 82-83, 2008, Pages 453-456

  Takeno, Shinsuke ^a   Takahashi, Yoshiaki ^a   Watanabe, Satoshi ^a   Ono, Kiyoshi ^a   Kamei, Mirei ^a   Yamashita, Shin Ichi ^a   Kawahara, Katsunobu ^a  

^a OITA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

80 years; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy, complication

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURGEON; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 44349117937     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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