Reevaluation of postoperative radiotherapy for thoracic esophageal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 75-78

  Yamamoto, Michinori ^a,b   Yamashita, Takashi ^a   Matsubara, Toshiki ^a   Kitahara, Tadashi ^a   Sekiguchi, Kenji ^a   Furukawa, Masahiko ^a   Uki, Akiyoshi ^a   Kobayashi, Masao ^a   Tanaka, Emiko ^a   Ueda, Mamoru ^a   Nakajima, Toshifusa ^a  

^a CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant chemotherapy; Postoperative radiotherapy; Thoracic esophageal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031040535     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00473-7     Document Type: Article

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