Treatment of esophageal cancer in elderly patients

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 37, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 2813-2816

  Nakui, Minoru ^a   Chino, Osamu ^a   Ozawa, Soji ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clinical study; Elderly patients; Esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SURGICAL RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79960957862     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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