Preoperative and Early Postoperative Quality of Life Predict Survival in Potentially Curable Patients with Esophageal Cancer
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- 15 October 2009
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Annals of Surgical Oncology
- Vol. 17 (1) , 23-30
- https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0731-y
Abstract
Background In patients with esophageal cancer, evidence for prognostic significance of preoperative quality of life (QoL) is limited, while the prognostic significance of postoperative QoL has not...Keywords
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