A comparison of multimodal therapy and surgery for esophageal adenocarcinoma

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 335, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 462-467

  Walsh, Thomas N ^a,d   Noonan, Noirin ^a   Hollywood, Donal ^b   Kelly, Alan ^c   Keeling, Napoleon ^a   Hennessy, Thomas P J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029737381     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199608153350702     Document Type: Article

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