Concomitant chemoradiotherapy followed, where feasible, by surgery for cancer of the esophagus

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 701-711

  Ganem, G ^a   Dubray, B ^a   Raoul, Y ^a   Colin, P ^a   Bardet, E ^a   Douillard, J Y ^a   Goudier, M J ^a   Hennequin, C ^a   Walter, S ^a   Michel Langlet, P ^a   Martin, P ^a   Maron, D ^a   Morvan, F ^a   Andolenko, P ^a   Extra, J M ^a  

^a CENTRE JEAN BERNARD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 18844474222     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.2.701     Document Type: Article

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