PWE-036 What is the survival of patients with oesophageal cancer following palliative stenting?
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Prognostic factors of survival of patients with oesophageal cancer under radiotherapy using cox regression model
oesophageal cancer is one of the most fatal cancer in human in spite of high incidence in the north of Iran and poor prognosis,there is not information regarding prognostic factors in this area.this study was conducted to determine prognodtic factors of the survival of patients with oesophageal cancer under radiotherapy.We conducted a descriptive-analytical study using historical cohort that ha...
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عنوان ژورنال: Gut
سال: 2012
ISSN: 0017-5749,1468-3288
DOI: 10.1136/gutjnl-2012-302514d.36