Long-term results of definitive radiotherapy for stage I esophageal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1339-1344

  Sai, Heitetsu ^a   Mitsumori, Michihide ^a   Araki, Norio ^a   Mizowaki, Takashi ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Nishimura, Yasumasa ^b   Hiraoka, Masahiro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KINKI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Definitive radiotherapy; Intraluminal brachytherapy; Stage I esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CELLS; DIAGNOSIS; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGECTOMY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 22144433296     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.12.042     Document Type: Article

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