Combined external and intraluminal radiotherapy in the treatment of advanced oesophageal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-45

  Hujala, Kimmo ^a   Sipilä, Jukka ^b   Minn, Heikki ^b   Ruotsalainen, Pertti ^b   Grenman, Reidar ^b  

^a NORTH KARELIA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; External beam radiotherapy; Intraluminal brachytherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SAFETY; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036661304     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00149-4     Document Type: Article

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