Late esophageal toxicity using a combination of external beam radiation, intraluminal brachytherapy and 5-fluorouracil infusion in carcinoma of the esophagus

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 219-225

  Sharma, V ^a   Agarwal, J ^a   Dinshaw, K ^a   Nehru, R M ^a   Mohandas, M ^a   Deshpande, R ^a   Rayabhattnavar, S ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; RADIOSENSITIZING AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG INFUSION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034495236     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2000.00115.x     Document Type: Article

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