Long-term health-related quality of life following surgery for oesophageal cancer

British Journal of Surgery

Volumn 95, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1121-1126

  Djarv T ^a,c   Lagergren, J ^a   Blazeby, J M ^b   Lagergren, P ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SWEDEN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 50249144582     PISSN: 00071323     EISSN: 13652168     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bjs.6293     Document Type: Article

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