Esophageal Cancer Treatment Is Underutilized Among Elderly Patients in the USA

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• 作者：Daniela Molena ; Miloslawa Stem ; Amanda L. Blackford…
• 关键词：Esophageal cancer ; Treatment ; Survival ; Disparities in care ; Elderly
• 刊名：Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery
• 出版年：2017
• 出版时间：January 2017
• 年：2017
• 卷：21
• 期：1
• 页码：126-136
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• 刊物主题：Surgery; Gastroenterology;
• 出版者：Springer US
• ISSN：1873-4626
• 卷排序：21

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ObjectivesLarge numbers of elderly patients in the USA receive no treatment for esophageal cancer, despite evidence that multimodality treatment can increase survival. Our goal is to identify factors that may contribute to lack of treatment.