Treatment of superficial esophageal cancer by external radiation therapy alone: Results of a multi-institutional experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 921-925

  Nemoto, Kenji ^a,b   Matsumoto, Yasuo ^a   Yamakawa, Michitaka ^a   Jo, Seiya ^a   Ito, Yoshihiro ^a   Oguchi, Masahiko ^a   Kokubo, Naoki ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^a   Yamada, Shogo ^a   Okawa, Tomohiko ^a  

^a Stud Grp Superficial Esophageal C   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

External radiation therapy; Superficial esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034003148     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00485-X     Document Type: Article

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