Neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus concurrent chemotherapy and high-dose radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A preliminary analysis of the phase II intergroup trial 0122

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 149-155

  Minsky, B D ^a   Neuberg, D ^a   Kelsen, D P ^a   Pisansky, T M ^a   Ginsberg, R ^a   Benson III, A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MALE; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0030030926     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.1.149     Document Type: Article

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