Serial Endoscopic Ultrasound in the Assessment of Response to Chemoradiotherapy for Carcinoma of the Esophagus

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 3, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 462-467

  Bowrey, David J ^a,d   Clark, Geoffrey W B ^a   Roberts, S Ashley ^b   Hawthorne, A Barney ^a   Maughan, Timothy S ^c   Williams, Geraint T ^a   Carey, P Declan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b SINGLETON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Endosonography; Esophageal neoplasms; Neoadjuvant therapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0033185663     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1091-255X(99)80098-5     Document Type: Article

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