Esophagectomy for cancer in octogenarians

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 666-669

  Zehetner, J ^a   Lipham, J C ^a   Ayazi, S ^a   Banki, F ^a   Oezcelik, A ^a   DeMeester, S R ^a   Hagen, J A ^a   DeMeester, T R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Octogenarians; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78649503413     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2010.01081.x     Document Type: Article

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