Unbiased estimation of tumor regression rates during chemoradiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma using CT and stereology

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 114-119

  Okur, A ^a   Kantarci, Mecit ^a,b   Akgun, M ^a   Alper, F ^a   Cayir, K ^a   Koc, M ^a   Onbas, O ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b NONE   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Chemoradiotherapy; CT stereology; Esophagus

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY SCANNER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEM; MALE; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DESIGN; RISK REDUCTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STEREOLOGY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TISSUE INJURY; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 22144493828     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2005.00464.x     Document Type: Article

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