Combined intensive chemoradiotherapy for organ preservation in patients with resectable and non-resectable oesophageal cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 429-432

  Roca, E ^a   Pennella, E ^b   Sardi, M ^c   Carraro, S ^a,h   Barugel, M ^a   Milano, C ^d   Fiorini, A ^a   Giglio, R ^e   Gonzalez, G ^f   Kneitschel, R ^g   Aman, E ^b   Jarentchuk, A ^g   Blajman, C ^a   Nadal, J ^g   Santarelli, M T ^f   Navigante, A ^a  

^a Department of Gastroenterology   (Argentina)

^b Sanatorio Guemes   (Argentina)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL PROFESOR ALEJANDRO POSADAS   (Argentina)

^d Instituto Angel H Roffo   (Argentina)

^e LALCEC   (Argentina)

^f INST DE INVEST HEMATOLOGICAS   (Argentina)

^g Clinica Independencia Buenos Aires   (Argentina)

^h NONE   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Oesophageal cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NAUSEA; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SURVIVAL; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCINS; RADIOTHERAPY; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029878113     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00524-2     Document Type: Article

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