Intracavitary brachytherapy for carcinoma of the esophagus

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 185-189

  Micaily, Bizhan ^a   Miyamoto, Curtis T ^a   Freire, Jorge E ^a   Brady, Luther W ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; esophageal neoplasms radiotherapy; intracavitary; radiotherapy dosage

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; CLINICAL TRIALS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030964825     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2388(199705/06)13:3<185::AID-SSU5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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