Recent developments in esophageal adenocarcinoma

J Lagergren, P Lagergren - CA: a cancer journal for clinicians, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Answer questions and earn CME/CNE Esophageal adenocarcinoma (EAC) is characterized
by 6 striking features: increasing incidence, male predominance, lack of preventive …

Palliative chemotherapy and targeted therapies for esophageal and gastroesophageal junction cancer

VT Janmaat, EW Steyerberg… - Cochrane Database …, 2017 - cochranelibrary.com
Background Almost half of people with esophageal or gastroesophageal junction cancer
have metastatic disease at the time of diagnosis. Chemotherapy and targeted therapies are …

British Society of Gastroenterology guidelines on the diagnosis and management of Barrett's oesophagus

RC Fitzgerald, M Di Pietro, K Ragunath, Y Ang… - Gut, 2014 - gut.bmj.com
These guidelines provide a practical and evidence-based resource for the management of
patients with Barrett's oesophagus and related early neoplasia. The Appraisal of Guidelines …

Meta-analysis shows clinically relevant and long-lasting deterioration in health-related quality of life after esophageal cancer surgery

M Jacobs, RC Macefield, RG Elbers, K Sitnikova… - Quality of life …, 2014 - Springer
Purpose The purpose of the study is to (1) estimate the direction, clinical relevance, and
duration of health-related quality of life (HRQL) change in the first year following esophageal …

Patient-reported outcomes 1 year after oesophageal cancer surgery

A Schandl, A Johar, P Anandavadivelan… - Acta …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose: To improve survivorship in patients who have undergone curatively intended
treatment for oesophageal cancer, we aimed to identify key targets for future patient-reported …

The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR): a clinical quality registry to monitor and improve care in upper gastrointestinal cancers

AD Maharaj, JF Holland, RO Scarborough, SM Evans… - BMJ open, 2019 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Purpose The Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Registry (UGICR) was developed to monitor
and improve the quality of care provided to patients with upper gastrointestinal cancers in …

Quality of life after esophagectomy for cancer

T Djärv, P Lagergren - Expert review of gastroenterology & …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Esophageal cancer is an aggressive and physically and emotionally devastating disease. It
has one of the poorest survival rates among all malignant tumors, mainly due to late …

The consistency and reporting of quality-of-life outcomes in trials of immunosuppressive agents in kidney transplantation: a systematic review and meta-analysis

M Howell, G Wong, RM Turner, HT Tan, A Tong… - American Journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
Background Shared decision making regarding immunosuppression in kidney
transplantation requires an understanding of effects on quality of life (QoL). Our aim was to …

Role of gene therapy in pancreatic cancer—a review

M Sato-Dahlman, K Wirth, M Yamamoto - Cancers, 2018 - mdpi.com
Mortality from pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has remained essentially
unchanged for decades and its relative contribution to overall cancer death is projected to …

Integration of clinical and patient-reported outcomes in surgical oncology

RC Macefield, KNL Avery… - Journal of British …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Background Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) provide information about the
patient perspective and experience of undergoing surgery for cancer, but evidence suggests …