Presentation and survival of operable esophageal cancer in patients 55 years of age and below

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 744-749

  Hamouda, A ^a,b   Forshaw, M ^a   Rohatgi, A ^a   Mirnezami, R ^a   Botha, A ^a   Mason, R ^a  

^a ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952406234     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: 14322323     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00268-010-0407-6     Document Type: Article

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