Health-related quality of life assessment at presentation may predict complications and early relapse in patients with localized cancer of the esophagus.

Healy, L A; Ryan, A M; Moore, J; Rowley, S; Ravi, N; Byrne, P J; Reynolds, J V

Healy, L A; Ryan, A M; Moore, J; Rowley, S; Ravi, N; Byrne, P J; Reynolds, J V.

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Healy LA; Department of Clinical Nutrition, St James's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland. lhealy@stjames.ie

Dis Esophagus ; 21(6): 522-8, 2008.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-18430185

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Esophageal Neoplasms/pathology; Esophageal Neoplasms/surgery; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/pathology; Quality of Life; Adult; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biopsy, Needle; Esophageal Neoplasms/mortality; Esophagectomy/methods; Female; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Logistic Models; Male; Middle Aged; Multivariate Analysis; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/mortality; Neoplasm Staging; Postoperative Complications/epidemiology; Postoperative Complications/pathology; Predictive Value of Tests; Probability; Retrospective Studies; Risk Assessment; Surveys and Questionnaires; Survival Analysis; Thoracotomy/methods; Time Factors; Treatment Outcome

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Full text: 1 Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Quality of Life / Esophageal Neoplasms / Neoplasm Recurrence, Local Type of study: Etiology_studies / Observational_studies / Prognostic_studies / Risk_factors_studies Limits: Adult / Aged / Aged80 / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Year: 2008 Type: Article

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