High dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 123-127

  Moni, J ^a   Armstrong, J G ^a   Minsky, B D ^a   Bains, M S ^a   Harrison, L B ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0029947488     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/9.2.123     Document Type: Article

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