Combined chemoradiotherapy vs. radiotherapy alone for early stage squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A study of the Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 269-276

  Smith, Thomas J ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^b   Douglass Jr , Harold O ^c   Haller, Daniel G ^d   Dayal, Yogeshwar ^a   Kirkwood, John ^e   Tormey, Douglas C ^f   Schutt, Alan J ^g   Hinson, Josephine ^h   Sischy, Benjamin ^h  

^a MORRISTOWN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, ELECTIVE;

EID: 0032170161     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00232-6     Document Type: Article

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