Final report of intergroup trial 0122 (ECOG PE-289, RTOG 90-12): Phase II trial of neoadjuvant chemotherapy plus concurrent chemotherapy and high- dose radiation for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 517-523

  Minsky, Bruce D ^a   Neuberg, Donna ^b   Kelsen, David P ^a,c   Pisansky, Thomas M ^c,d   Ginsberg, Robert J ^a,c   Pajak, Thomas ^c,e   Salter, Merle ^c,f   Benson III, Al B ^c,g  

^a Hospital for Surgery   (United States)

^b Statistical Office   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^e RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical trials; Combined modality therapy; Esophageal cancer; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0033044708     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00463-5     Document Type: Article

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