Laser augmented by brachytherapy versus laser alone in the palliation of adenocarcinoma of the oesophagus and cardia: A randomised study

Gut

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 224-227

  Spencer, G M ^a   Thorpe, S M ^a   Blackman, G M ^b   Solano, J ^b   Tobias, J S ^b   Lovat, L B ^a   Bown, S G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON HOSPITALS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LASER SURGERY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RECANALIZATION; SCORING SYSTEM; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0036155798     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.50.2.224     Document Type: Article

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