Chemotherapy and concurrent irradiation, intended to cure, for stage III-IV oesophageal cancer;L'intento di cura radicale del carcinoma esofageo al III e IV stadio con radioterapia e chemioterapia concomitanti nella pratica clinica comune

Radiologia Medica

Volumn 102, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 72-77

  Farzad, Mersedeh ^a   De Luca, Maria Chiara ^a   Rubino, Giovanni ^a   Pirtoli, Luigi ^a   Pepi, Fiorella ^a   Sebaste, Lucio ^a   Ponticelli, Pietro ^b   Atzeni, Guido ^c   Maranzano, Ernesto ^d   Silvano, Giovanni ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b Azienda USL   (Italy)

^c Azienda USL 6   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 0035409785     PISSN: 00338362     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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