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- Title
Symptoms, investigations and management of patients with cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction in Australia.
- Authors
Smithers, Bernard M.; Fahey, Paul P.; Corish, Tracie; Gotley, David C.; Falk, Gregory L.; Smith, Garett S.; Kiroff, George K.; Clouston, Andrew D.; Watson, David I.; Whiteman, David C.
- Abstract
This article discusses a study on patients with cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction in Australia. The study analyzed a sample of 1,100 patients with cancer of the oesophagus and used data from cancer registries and treatment centers. It identified dysphagia as the primary symptom of the disease. Other symptoms include reflux, chest pain and weight loss.
- Subjects
AUSTRALIA; ESOPHAGEAL cancer; CANCER patients; SYMPTOMS; DEGLUTITION disorders; GASTROESOPHAGEAL reflux; CHEST pain; WEIGHT loss
- Publication
Medical Journal of Australia, 2010, Vol 193, Issue 10, p572
- ISSN
0025-729X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5694/j.1326-5377.2010.tb04064.x