Impact of immediate postoperative death on the estimation of a survival benefit from postoperative radiation therapy for cancer of the gallbladder

J Clin Oncol. 2008 Sep 20;26(27):4523; author reply 4524-6. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.4995.
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Publication types

  • Comment
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Aged
  • Aged, 80 and over
  • Cholecystectomy / statistics & numerical data*
  • Decision Making, Computer-Assisted
  • Female
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / mortality*
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / pathology
  • Gallbladder Neoplasms / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Predictive Value of Tests
  • Proportional Hazards Models*
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Survival Analysis