High-dose-rate brachytherapy of esophageal cancer: The Italian experience;Brachiterapia con alto rateo di dose del carcinoma esofageo: Esperienza Italiana

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 91, Issue 1-2, 1996, Pages 118-121

  Gava, Alessandro ^a   Fontan, Luigi ^a   Bolner, Andrea ^b   Botturi, Marco ^c   Cafaro, Ines ^d   Di Marco, Adriano ^e   Marazzato, Giorgio ^a   Muto, Paolo ^f   Orecchia, Roberto ^g   Orsatti, Marco ^h   Parisi, Salvatore Sandro ⁱ   Rigon, Alberto ^j  

^a OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Trento   (Italy)

^c OSPEDALE NIGUARDA CA GRANDA   (Italy)

^d CREMONA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF VERONA   (Italy)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^g UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

ⁱ CASA SOLLIEVO DELLA SOFFERENZA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^j UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PADOVA   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma, intracavitary HDR brachytherapy; Esophagus, carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REMISSION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 0029688252     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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