Quality of life after gastrectomy for adenocarcinoma: A prospective cohort study

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 257, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1039-1046

  Karanicolas, Paul J ^a   Graham, Dennis ^b   Gönen, Mithat ^b   Strong, Vivian E ^b   Brennan, Murray F ^b   Coit, Daniel G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Distal gastrectomy; Gastric cancer; Proximal gastrectomy; Quality of life; Total gastrectomy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROXIMAL GASTRECTOMY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STOMACH CANCER; TOTAL STOMACH RESECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; AGED; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879075675     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e31828c4a19     Document Type: Article

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