Palliation of advanced esophageal carcinoma by photodynamic therapy and irradiation

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 1006-1009

  Maier, Alfred ^a   Tomaselli, Florian ^a   Gebhard, Florian ^b   Rehak, Peter ^b   Smolle, Josef ^b   Smolle Jüttner, Freyja M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STENOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034013403     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(99)01440-X     Document Type: Article

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