Inoperable esophageal cancer and outcome of palliative care

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 14, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 3725-3728

  Besharat, Sima ^a   Jabbari, Ali ^a   Semnani, Shahryar ^a   Keshtkar, Abbasali ^a   Marjani, Jeran ^a  

^a GOLESTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dysphagia; Esophageal cancer; Iran; Palliative care; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; IRAN; MALE; PREVALENCE; SCORING SYSTEM; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 54349089181     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.14.3725     Document Type: Article

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