European journal of surgical oncology : the journal of the European Society of Surgical Oncology and the British Association of Surgical Oncology
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Randomized Controlled Trial Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Morbidity and mortality after surgery for cancer of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction: A randomized clinical trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy vs. neoadjuvant chemoradiation.
To compare the incidence and severity of postoperative complications after oesophagectomy for carcinoma of the oesophagus and gastro-oesophageal junction (GOJ) after randomized accrual to neoadjuvant chemotherapy (nCT) or neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy (nCRT). ⋯ The trial was registered in the Clinical Trials Database (registration number NCT01362127).
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Multicenter Study
Screening for predictors of adverse outcome in onco-geriatric surgical patients: A multicenter prospective cohort study.
The aim of this study was to investigate the predictive ability of screening tools regarding the occurrence of major postoperative complications in onco-geriatric surgical patients and to propose a scoring system. ⋯ A substantial number of patients experience major postoperative complications. TUG, ASA and NRS are screening tools predictive of the occurrence of major postoperative complications and, together with gender and type of surgery, compose a good scoring system.