Radiotherapy for oesophageal cancer [1] (multiple letters)

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 359-360

  Kal, H B ^a   El Sharouni, S Y ^a   Wijrdeman, H K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

CLINICAL TRIALS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032934984     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008309024665     Document Type: Letter

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