Comparative study of different treatments for malignant tracheoesophageal/bronchoesophageal fistulae

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 526-531

  Hu, Y ^a   Zhao, Yong Fan ^a   Chen, L Q ^a   Zhu, Z J ^a   Liu, L X ^a   Wang, Y ^a   Kou, Y L ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cancer; Palliative care; Quality of life; Supportive care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EATING DISORDER; EMOTION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE CORE 30 QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FINANCE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; POSTOPERATIVE HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE ESOPHAGEAL MODULE; RESPIRATORY SYMPTOM RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RESTENOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF EXPANDABLE COATED STENTING; SOCIAL STATUS; STENT; STENT MIGRATION; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THORAX PAIN; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTHESIS DESIGN; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STENTS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA;

EID: 69249121308     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00950.x     Document Type: Article

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