Effective treatment with chemotherapy and surgical resection for small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Report of a case

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 46, Issue 27, 1999, Pages 1778-1781

  Nimura, Yoshinori ^a   Koide, Naohiko ^a   Nishio, Akihito ^a   Watanabe, Hiroyuki ^a   Yazawa, Kazuyuki ^a   Adachi, Wataru ^a   Koike, Shoichiro ^b   Miyamoto, Hideo ^c   Amano, Jun ^a  

^a SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b National Hospital Organization   (Japan)

^c Hokushin General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE TRACT ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MICROVASCULATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REMISSION; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SUBMUCOSA;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGUS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; MALE;

EID: 0032764621     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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