Late course accelerated hyperfractionation radiotherapy concomitant with cisplatin in patients with esophageal carcinoma

Oncology Reports

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 767-772

  Gao, Xian Shu ^a   Qiao, Xue Ying ^a   Yang, Xiang Ran ^a   Asaumi, Jun Ichi ^b   Zhou, Zhi Guo ^a   Wang, Ya Di ^a   Zhou, Dao An ^a   Wan, Jun ^a   Kuroda, Masahiro ^c   Kishi, Kanji ^b   Kawasaki, Shoji ^c   Hiraki, Yoshio ^c  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerated hyperfractionation; Cisplatin; Esophageal neoplasms; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036633537     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/or.9.4.767     Document Type: Article

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