Correlation between histological effects on the main tumors and nodal status after chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 244-250

  Yano, Masahiko ^a   Yasuda, Takushi ^a   Miyata, Hiroshi ^a   Fujiwara, Yoshiyuki ^a   Takiguchi, Shuji ^a   Monden, Morito ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemotherapy and radiation therapy; Esophageal neoplasms; Histological effect; Lymphatic metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; ENDOSCOPIC BIOPSY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 14744295118     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.20209     Document Type: Article

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