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Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: Quality of Life Matters

Author: Jonathan C Salo, MD, FACS

Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology | Issue 1/2010

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Esophageal cancer and its treatment have a profound impact not only on a patient’s length of life, but quality of life as well. Dysphagia, weight loss, and eating restrictions are frequent sequelae of both the disease and its treatment. …

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Title: Surgery for Esophageal Cancer: Quality of Life Matters
Author: Jonathan C Salo, MD, FACS
Publication date: 01-01-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Annals of Surgical Oncology / Issue 1/2010
Print ISSN: 1068-9265
Electronic ISSN: 1534-4681
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1245/s10434-009-0741-9

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