A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery to surgery alone for resectable esophageal cancer

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 183, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 274-279

  Urschel, John D ^a,b   Vasan, Hari ^a   Blewett, Chris J ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ST JOSEPH S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Antineoplastic agents; Esophageal neoplasms surgery; Meta analysis; Postoperative complications; Prospective studies; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DRUG INDUCED DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL MORTALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; REFERENCE VALUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036211951     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0002-9610(02)00795-X     Document Type: Article

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