External beam radiation therapy with or without high-dose-rate intraluminal brachytherapy for patients with superficial esophageal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 220-228

  Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a,b   Okuno, Yoshishige ^a   Ono, Koji ^c   Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal ulcer; Intraluminal brachytherapy; Radiation therapy; Superficial esophageal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALLOID G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0033565614     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990715)86:2<220::AID-CNCR5>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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