Long-term results of neoajuvant treatment in epidermoid carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus;Risultati a lungo termine del trattamento chemio-radioterapico neoadiuvante del carcinoma squamoso dell'esofago toracico

Minerva Chirurgica

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 11-16

  Pedrazzani, C ^a   Laterza, E ^a   Pasini, F ^a   Grandinetti, A ^b   Bernini, M ^a   Giacopuzzi, S ^a   Zerman, G ^a   Tasselli, S ^d   Ruzzenente, A ^a   De Manzoni, G ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c BORGO TRENTO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Esophageal neoplasms, surgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMATITIS; SURGICAL MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21244468591     PISSN: 00264733     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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