Surgical resection with or without preoperative chemotherapy in oesophageal cancer: A randomised controlled trial

Lancet

Volumn 359, Issue 9319, 2002, Pages 1727-1733

  Girling, D J ^a   Bancewicz, J ^b   Clark, P I ^d   Smith, D B ^d   Donnelly, R J ^c   Fayers, P M ^a   Weeden, S ^a   Hutchinson, T ^a   Harvey, A ^a   Lyddiard, J ^a  

^a MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^b HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c LIVERPOOL HEART AND CHEST HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CLATTERBRIDGE CENTRE FOR ONCOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037129734     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(02)08651-8     Document Type: Article

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