Apoptosis in esophageal cancer following induction chemoradiotherapy

Journal of Surgical Research

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 20-24

  Shears II, Larry L ^b   Ribeiro, Ulysses ^b   Kane, John ^b   Safatle Ribeiro, Adriana ^b   Watkins, Simon ^b   Posner, Mitchell ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOGENESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENZYME ASSAY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FOLLOW UP; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0031783841     PISSN: 00224804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jsre.1998.5402     Document Type: Article

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