Conformal radiation therapy for liver metastasis of esophageal carcinoma

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 50, Issue 50, 2003, Pages 532-534

  Ikeda, Yoshifumi ^a   Niimi, Masanori ^a   Kan, Shigenao ^a   Shatari, Tomoo ^a   Takami, Hiroshi ^a   Kodaira, Susumu ^a  

^a TEIKYO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Liver metastasis; Radiation therapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ANAPHYLACTIC SHOCK; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLLIMATOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER METASTASIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037349273     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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