Downstaging of esophageal cancer after preoperative radiation and chemotherapy

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 221, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 685-695

  Vogel, Stephen B ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a   Sombeck, Michael D ^a   Marsh, Robert ^a   Woodward, Edward R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTRECTOMY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029006048     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000658-199506000-00008     Document Type: Article

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