In an era of health reform: Defining cost differences in current esophageal cancer management strategies and assessing the cost of complications

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 16-21

  Kuppusamy, Madhankumar ^a   Sylvester, Julie ^a   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

adjuvant chemoradiotherapy followed by surgery; adjuvant chemotherapy followed by surgery; chemoradiotherapy alone; CR; CRS; CS; S; surgery alone

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COST SAVINGS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DRUG COSTS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HEALTH CARE REFORM; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ECONOMIC; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WISCONSIN;

EID: 78650289477     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2010.09.011     Document Type: Article

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