Concurrent chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma patients with malignant fistulae

Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1406-1413

  Muto, Manabu ^a   Ohtsu, Atsushi ^a   Miyamoto, Shin Ichi ^a   Muro, Kei ^a   Boku, Narikazu ^a   Ishikura, Satoshi ^a   Satake, Mitsuo ^a   Ogino, Takashi ^a   Tajiri, Hisao ^a   Yoshida, Shigeaki ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal carcinoma; Fistula; Quality of life; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG EFFICACY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS MUCOSA; FEMALE; FISTULA; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CLINICAL TRIALS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG THERAPY; EATING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033569963     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19991015)86:8<1406::AID-CNCR4>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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