A retrospective matched cohort study evaluating the effects of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding tubes on nutritional status and survival in patients with advanced gastroesophageal malignancies undergoing systemic anti-cancer therapy

• Scott Mitchell,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• John P. Williams,

  Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Harsimrandeep Bhatti,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, United States of America

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• Toufic Kachaamy,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Western Regional Medical Center, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Goodyear, Arizona, United States of America

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• Jeffrey Weber ,

  Roles Investigation, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Western Regional Medical Center, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Goodyear, Arizona, United States of America

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• Glen J. Weiss

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: drglenweiss@outlook.com

  Current address: University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America

  ¶‡ These authors are joint senior authors on this work.

  Affiliation Western Regional Medical Center, Cancer Treatment Centers of America, Goodyear, Arizona, United States of America

  http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6067-597X

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