Brain metastases from esophageal carcinoma: Natural history, prognostic factors, and outcome

Cancer

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 759-764

  Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Toita, Takafumi ^a   Sueyama, Hiroo ^b   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^c   Kakinohana, Yasumasa ^a   Kamata, Minoru ^c   Adachi, Genki ^a   Saito, Atsushi ^a   Yoshii, Yoshihiko ^a   Murayama, Sadayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b Niigata Central Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brain metastasis; Esophageal neoplasm; Natural history; Radiotherapy; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036468428     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10271     Document Type: Article

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