Delayed aortic rupture after radiochemotherapy and esophagectomy for esophageal cancer

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 346-349

  Von Rahden, B H A ^a   Stein, H J ^a   Reiter, R ^b   Becker, I ^b   Siewert, J R ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aortic rupture; Chemoradiation; Radiochemotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Surgical risk; transthoracic esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AORTA RUPTURE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STENT; SUDDEN DEATH; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; AORTIC RUPTURE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0347285534     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2003.00366.x     Document Type: Article

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