Quality of life scale in esophageal carcinoma surgical treatment / 国际肿瘤学杂志

ABSTRACT

Surgery is still the basic treatment of esophageal carcinoma. Quality of life, a new evaluation criterion for the health and disease, reflects the surgical outcome of esophageal cancer comprehensively. The findings of clinical research demonstrate that in the surgical treatment of esophageal carcinoma, quality of life could provide us with new selections such as surgical method, lymph node dissection and digestive tract reconstruction. Further application of quality of life scale in esophageal carcinoma surgical treatment, will greatly enhance the surgical outcome and improve patients'quality of life.