The manegment of patient with an operable carcinoma of the oesophagus

Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 366-368

  Crosby, Tom ^a   Evans, Mererid ^a   Gillies, Richard S ^b   Maynard, Nicholas D ^b  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT EDUCATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 70149110928     PISSN: 00358843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1308/003588409X432428     Document Type: Article

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