Delay in the diagnosis of esophageal carcinoma: Experience of a single unit from a developing country

Indian Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 151-155

  Subasinghe, D ^a   Samarasekera, D ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Delay in diagnosis; Endoscopy; Esophageal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DYSPEPSIA; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; ODYNOPHAGIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77952601812     PISSN: 0019509X     EISSN: 19984774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-509X.63009     Document Type: Article

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