Induction therapy for clinical T4 oesophageal carcinoma; a plea for continued surgical exploration

European Journal of Cardio-thoracic Surgery

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 828-837

  Van Raemdonck, Dirk ^a   Van Cutsem, Eric ^a   Menten, Johan ^a   Ectors, Nadine ^a   Coosemans, Willy ^a   De Leyn, Paul ^a   Lerut, Toni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Oesophageal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030977825     PISSN: 10107940     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1010-7940(97)01194-9     Document Type: Article

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