Perioperative radiotherapy for cancer of the esophagus

Seminars in Surgical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 33-39

  Wenz, Frederik ^a,b   Mamon, Harvey ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Combined modality therapy; Esophageal neoplasms; Neoadjuvant therapy; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LOWER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE;

EID: 0035050831     PISSN: 87560437     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ssu.1014     Document Type: Review

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