Accelerated hyperfractionated radiation therapy and concurrent 5- fluorouracil/cisplatin chemotherapy for locoregional squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: A phase II study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1061-1066

  Jeremic, Branislav ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^c   Acimovic, Ljubisa ^b   Matovic, Zoran ^b   Milicic, Biljana ^a   Milisavljevic, Slobodan ^b   Nikolic, Nebojsa ^a  

^a Dept of Oncol University Hospital ^*  (Serbia)

^b University Hospital   (Serbia)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerated hyperfractionated radiotherapy; Chemotherapy; Esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL KILLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0032520928     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00950-4     Document Type: Article

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