Grade of esophageal cancer and nutritional status impact on postsurgery outcomes

Grade of esophageal cancer and nutritional status impact on postsurgery outcomes

CONTEXT: Undernutrition is a well known underlying cause in both disease onset and outcome. OBJECTIVE: To associate disease severity with pre surgical nutritional status, the main postsurgical complications, and mortality in esophagus cancer patients. METHOD: Retrospective data from 100 patients (38...

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Main Authors: Flávia Andréia Marin, Vânia Cristina Lamônica-Garcia, Maria Aparecida Coelho de Arruda Henry, Roberto Carlos Burini
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Estudos e Pesquisas de Gastroenterologia (IBEPEGE) 2010-12-01
Series:Arquivos de Gastroenterologia
Subjects:
Neoplasias esofágicas
Estadiamento de neoplasias
Estado nutricional
Complicações pós-operatórias
Evolução fatal
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0004-28032010000400006&lng=en&tlng=en

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