Current management of esophageal cancer

Journal of Gastrointestinal Surgery

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 291-310

  Law, Simon ^a   Wong, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; DNA TOPOISOMERASE INHIBITOR; DOCETAXEL; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE; INTERFERON; IRINOTECAN; NAVELBINE; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TRASTUZUMAB; VINBLASTINE; VINDESINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHRONIC TOXICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DRUG FATALITY; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HEART MUSCLE INJURY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LAPAROSCOPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; META ANALYSIS; MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY; NEODYMIUM LASER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PERICARDIAL DISEASE; PEROPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PLEURA EFFUSION; PNEUMONIA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURGICAL RISK; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; SURVIVAL RATE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ALGORITHMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SELECTION; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, MINIMALLY INVASIVE; THORACOSCOPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 13444283451     PISSN: 1091255X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.gassur.2004.06.007     Document Type: Review

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