Evolution of Standardized Clinical Pathways: Refining Multidisciplinary Care and Process to Improve Outcomes of the Surgical Treatment of Esophageal Cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1238-1246

  Markar, Sheraz R ^a   Schmidt, Henner ^a   Kunz, Sonia ^a   Bodnar, Artur ^a   Hubka, Michal ^a   Low, Donald E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA MASON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enhanced recovery; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR INVASION; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CRITICAL PATHWAYS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84902374615     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11605-014-2520-6     Document Type: Article

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