Nurse-led follow-up of patients after oesophageal or gastric cardia cancer surgery: A randomised trial

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 70-76

  Verschuur, E M L ^a   Steyerberg, E W ^a   Tilanus, H W ^a   Polinder, S ^a   Essink Bot, M L ^a   Tran, K T C ^a   Van Der Gaast, A ^a   Stassen, L P S ^b   Kuipers, E J ^a   Siersema, P D ^a,c  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b REINIER DE GRAAF HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Costs; Follow up; Oesophageal cancer surgery; Patient satisfaction; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH CANCER; SURGEON; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 58149229305     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604811     Document Type: Article

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