Endoscopic ultrasound cannot determine suitability for esophagectomy after aggressive chemoradiotherapy for esophageal cancer

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 906-912

  Zuccaro Jr , Gregory ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Goldblum, John ^a   Medendorp, Sharon V ^a   Becker, Mark ^a   Pimentel, Ronnie ^a   Gitlin, Laura ^a   Adelstein, David J ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0033119406     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9270(99)00040-4     Document Type: Article

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