Clinicopathological features and prognosis of esophageal cancer in young patients. Is there a difference in outcome?

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 211-215

  Turkyilmaz, Atila ^a   Eroglu, Atilla ^a   Subasi, Mahmut ^a   Karaoglanoglu, Nurettin ^b  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Survey; Young

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STENTS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 65349127749     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2008.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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