Progress report of combined chemoradiotherapy versus radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancer: An intergroup study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 277-284

  al Sarraf, M ^a   Martz, K ^a   Herskovic, A ^a   Leichman, L ^a   Brindle, J S ^a   Vaitkevicius, V K ^a   Cooper, J ^a   Byhardt, R ^a   Davis, L ^a   Emami, B ^a  

^a Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031022804     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.1.277     Document Type: Article

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