Oesophageal cancer: Hope for the future?

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-3

  McLean, M ^a   Brierley, J ^a   Casson, A G ^a  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN;

CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EDITORIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

EID: 0030944253     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(97)80050-7     Document Type: Editorial

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