Is combined chemotherapy and radiation therapy equally effective as surgical resection in localized esophageal carcinoma?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 265-270

  Chan, Alexander ^a   Wong, Alfred ^a  

^a TOM BAKER CANCER CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032817959     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00199-6     Document Type: Article

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