Patterns of Care and Locoregional Treatment Outcomes in Older Esophageal Cancer Patients: The SEER-Medicare Cohort

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 482-489

  Smith, Grace L ^a   Smith, Benjamin D ^a,b   Buchholz, Thomas A ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Jeter, Melenda ^a   Swisher, Stephen G ^a   Hofstetter, Wayne L ^a   Ajani, Jaffer A ^a   McAleer, Mary F ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Cox, James D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WILFORD HALL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery; Survival; Trimodality therapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVALS; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; HAZARD RATIOS; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; MEAN AGES; OPTIMAL MANAGEMENTS; OVERALL SURVIVALS; PATTERNS OF CARES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS; RADIOTHERAPY ALONE; SURVIVAL; THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS; TREATMENT MODALITIES; TRIMODALITY THERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

TELEVISION PICTURE TUBES;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ELDERLY CARE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT SELECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65449126160     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.046     Document Type: Article

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