Small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: A case report and review of the literature

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Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 174-177

  Jereczek Fossa, Barbara ^a,c   Airoldi, Mario ^d   Vasario, Ezio ^d   Ruo Redda, Maria Grazia ^d   Valente, Guido ^e   Orecchia, Roberto ^a,b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^d MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Small cell esophageal cancer; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0034069149     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160008600214     Document Type: Article

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