A randomized trial of surgery with and without chemotherapy for localized squamous carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: The Japan Clinical Oncology Group Study

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 114, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 205-209

  Ando, N ^a   Iizuka, T ^a   Kakegawa, T ^a   Isono, K ^a   Watanabe, H ^a   Ide, H ^a   Tanaka, O ^a   Shinoda, M ^a   Takiyama, W ^a   Arimori, M ^a   Ishida, K ^a   Tsugane, S ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VINDESINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 0030809392     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-5223(97)70146-6     Document Type: Article

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