A case with small cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Measurement of tumor markers, including pro-gastrin-releasing peptide

Anticancer Research

Volumn 18, Issue 4 B, 1998, Pages 2877-2880

  Yanagawa, Hiroaki ^a   Shimada, Kayo ^a   Tanaka, Haruko ^a   Takeuchi, Eiji ^a   Maniwa, Kouji ^a   Suzuki, Yoshihiro ^a   Ogushi, Fumitaka ^a   Sano, Nobuya ^a   Izumi, Keisuke ^a   Sone, Saburo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Esophagus; Neuron specific enolase; Pro gastrin releasing peptide; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; PROGASTRIN; TUMOR MARKER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CASE REPORT; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; GASTROINTESTINAL HORMONES; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; PEPTIDES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15644379087     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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