Concurrent radiation therapy and chemotherapy followed by esophagectomy for localized esophageal carcinoma

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 156-163

  Bates, B A ^a   Detterbeck, F C ^a   Bernard, S A ^a   Qaqish, B F ^a   Tepper, J E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LUNG TOXICITY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030033461     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.1.156     Document Type: Article

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