A geographic area with better outcome of esophageal carcinoma: Is there an effect of ethnicity and etiologic factors?

Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 172-177

  Salek, Roham ^a   Bezenjani, Safa Esmailpoor ^c   Saedi, Hamid Saeidi ^a   Ashkiki, Mohamad Hasan Hosainzad ^d   Hosainzade, Seid Mohsen ^a   Mohtashami, Samira ^a   Aghai, Monavar Afzal ^b   Bahar, Mostafa Mehrabi ^b   Ghavamnasiri, Mohamad Reza ^a  

^a MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MASHHAD UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c KERMAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d ARDABIL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Esophagus cancer; Iran; Outcome; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 67651205119     PISSN: 00302414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000231887     Document Type: Article

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