Surgical proficiency gain and survival after esophagectomy for cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 1528-1536

  Markar, Sheraz R ^a,c   Mackenzie, Hugh ^c   Lagergren, Pernilla ^c   Hanna, George B ^c   Lagergren, Jesper ^b,c  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEARNING CURVE; LONG TERM CARE; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFICIENCY GAIN CURVE ANALYSIS; REOPERATION; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84968718636     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2015.65.2875     Document Type: Article

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