Underuse of curative surgery for early stage upper gastrointestinal cancers in the United States

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 177, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-62

  McGhan, Lee J ^a   Etzioni, David A ^a   Gray, Richard J ^a   Pockaj, Barbara A ^a   Coan, Kathryn E ^a   Wasif, Nabil ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Predictors of surgery; Prognosis; Survival; Upper gastrointestinal cancer; Use of surgery

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DUODENUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL SURGERY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM SURGICAL PROCEDURES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865094926     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: 10958673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2012.03.013     Document Type: Article

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