No influence of surgical volume on patients' health-related quality of life after esophageal cancer resection

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2380-2387

  Rutegård, Martin ^a,b   Lagergren, Pernilla ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cardia cancer; EORTC; Esophagectomy; QLQ C30; QLQ OES18; Questionnaires

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURGEON; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

EID: 50049119651     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-008-9964-4     Document Type: Article

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