Long-term survivors of advanced esophageal cancer without surgical treatment: A multicenter questionnaire survey in Kyushu, Japan

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 239-242

  Natsugoe, Shoji ^a   Ikeda, M ^a   Baba, M ^a   Churei, H ^a   Hiraki, Y ^a   Nakajo, M ^a   Aikou, T ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Multicenter study; Prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; PICIBANIL; VINDESINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CENTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; NECK; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TUMOR; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVORS;

EID: 0242690386     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1442-2050.2003.00336.x     Document Type: Article

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