Cancer of the oesophagus

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 72, Issue 850, 1996, Pages 458-463

  Hennessy, Thomas P J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Oesophageal cancer; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYTOTOXIC AGENT; FLUOROURACIL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SHORT SURVEY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029758742     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.72.850.458     Document Type: Short Survey

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