Post-operative radiochemotherapy for gastric cancer: Adoption and adaptation

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 91-95

  Ringash, J ^a   Khaksar, S J ^b   Oza, A ^c   Couture, J ^d   Japp, B ^a   Moore, M ^c   Siu, L L ^c   Hedley, D ^c   Swallow, C ^a   Wong, S ^e   Cummings, B ^a   Kim, J ^a   Wong, R ^a   Brierley, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ROYAL SURREY COUNTY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Gastric neoplasms; Quality assurance; Radiation therapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; ONDANSETRON;

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEHYDRATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; GASTRECTOMY; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION FIELD; SEPSIS; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 20044382418     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2004.09.017     Document Type: Article

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