Patient demographics and lifestyle factors influencing long-term survival of oesophageal cancer and gastric cardia cancer in a nationwide study in Sweden

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1566-1571

  Sundelöf, Martin ^a   Lagergren, Jesper ^a,b   Ye, Weimin ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Demographics; Oesophageal cancer; Risk factors; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIA CARCINOMA; DEMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 46049085392     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.04.002     Document Type: Article

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