Therapy and prophylaxis of acute and late radiation-induced sequelae of the esophagus

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 174, Issue SUPPL. 3, 1998, Pages 78-81

  Zimmermann, Frank Bodo ^a   Geinitz, Hans ^a   Feldmann, Horst Jürgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Esophagitis; Prophylaxis; Radiotherapy; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE INHIBITOR; AMIFOSTINE; ANALGESIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; NIFEDIPINE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR; RADIOPROTECTIVE AGENT; STEROID; SUCRALFATE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGITIS; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; RADIATION INJURY; RESTENOSIS; STENT; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AMIFOSTINE; ANALGESICS; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANTI-ULCER AGENTS; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-PROTECTIVE AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY; SUCRALFATE;

EID: 0031765838     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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