Definitive chemoradiotherapy for T4 and/or M1 lymph node squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2915-2921

  Ohtsu, Atsushi ^a   Boku, Narikazu ^a   Muro, Kei ^a   Chin, Keisho ^a   Muto, Manabu ^a   Yoshida, Shigeaki ^a   Satake, Mitsuo ^a   Ishikura, Satoshi ^a   Ogino, Takashi ^a   Miyata, Yoshinori ^a   Seki, Shigeki ^a   Kaneko, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakamura, Akira ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE;

EID: 0032858248     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.1999.17.9.2915     Document Type: Article

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