Prospective trial of radiotherapy for patients 80 years of age or older with squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 64, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1112-1121

  Kawashima, Mitsuhiko ^a   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^b   Toita, Takafumi ^c   Uno, Takashi ^d   Sugiyama, Masato ^e   Tamura, Yoichirio ^f   Hirota, Saeko ^g   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^h   Hashimoto, Mitsumasa ⁱ   Yoshida, Hiroshi ^j   Shikama, Naoto ^k   Kataoka, Masaaki ^l   Akuta, Keizo ^m   Sasaki, Kinro ⁿ   Tamamoto, Tetsuro ^o   Nemoto, Kenji ^p   Ito, Hisao ^d   Kato, Hoichi ^b   Yamada, Shogo ^p   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL EAST   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^d CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e KANAGAWA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^f National Hospital Organization Kasumigaura Medical Center   (Japan)

^g HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^h AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁱ Saitama Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^j ASAHIKAWA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

^k SHINSHU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^l NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION SHIKOKU CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^m OTSU RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

ⁿ DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^p TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Elderly; Esophageal cancer; Quality control; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; TUMORS;

ELDERLY; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER;

PATIENT TREATMENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; SENESCENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 33644533176     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.09.027     Document Type: Article

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