Sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy for squamous cell esophageal carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 151-153

  Sharma, Daya ^a   Krasnow, Steven H ^a   Davis, Eugene B ^a   Lunzer, Steven ^b   Hussain, Mohammed A ^b   Wadleigh, Robert G ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b Department of Radiation Therapy ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Fluorouracil; Sequential chemotherapy and radiotherapy; Squamous cell esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030902631     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199704000-00009     Document Type: Article

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