Accelerated fractionation in esophageal cancers: A multivariate analysis on 88 patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1013-1018

  Girinsky, Theodore ^a   Auperin, Anne ^a   Marsiglia, Hugo ^a   Dhermain, Frederic ^a   Randrianarivelo, Harizzo ^a   Kac, Jean ^a   Ducreux, Michel ^a   Elias, Dominique ^a   Rougier, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerated fractionation; Esophagcal cancer; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Overall treatment time; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030804918     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00137-5     Document Type: Article

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