Outcomes of radiotherapy for inoperable locally advanced (T4) esophageal cancer -retrospective analysis-

Radiation Medicine - Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 231-235

  Itoh, Y ^a   Fuwa, N ^a   Matsumoto, A ^a   Asano, A ^a   Morita, K ^a  

^a Nishio Municipal Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; T4 esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035193001     PISSN: 02882043     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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