Centralization of esophageal cancer surgery: The right thing to do is seldom easy

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1760-1761

  DeMeester, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRALIZATION; EDITORIAL; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649214452     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0464-y     Document Type: Editorial

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