Survival data and prognostic factors seen in Pakistani patients with esophageal cancer.

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Published in Ann Oncol on January 01, 2004

Authors

A Alidina1, A Gaffar, F Hussain, M Islam, I Vaziri, I Burney, A Valimohd, W Jafri

Author Affiliations

1: The Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan. amyn.alidina@aku.edu

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