A randomized study of radiotherapy alone versus radiotherapy plus 5- fluorouracil and platinum in patients with inoperable, locally advanced squamous cancer of the esophagus

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 462-465

  Slabber, Coenraad F ^a   Nel, Johan S ^a   Schoeman, Lizette ^a   Burger, Wilma ^a   Falkson, Geoffrey ^a   Falkson, Carla I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Locally advanced squamous cancer of the esophagus; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031755684     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199810000-00008     Document Type: Article

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