Historical control bias: Adjuvant chemotherapy in esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 51-54

  Bhansali, M S ^a   Patil, P K ^a   Badwe, R A ^a,b   Havaldar, R ^a   Desai, P B ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^b Department of Thoracic Oncology ^*  (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0031043786     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/dote/10.1.51     Document Type: Article

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