Preoperative radiotherapy for esophageal carcinoma

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn 2012, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Arnott, Sydney J ^a   Duncan, W ^b   Gignoux, M ^c   Girling, David ^b   Hansen, H ^b   Launois, Bernard ^d   Nygaard, K ^e   Parmar, Mahesh KB ^b   Rousell, A ^f   Spiliopoulos, G ^g   Stewart, Lesley ^h   Tierney, Jayne ^b   Wang, M ^b   Rhugang, Z ⁱ  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^c CAEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^d PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^e Kirurgisk Afdelling   (Norway)

^f Centre Regional Francois   (France)

^g Centre De Chirurgie Digestive Et Unite of Transplantation   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ Hospital of Cancer   (China)

^j MRC Clinical Trials Unit ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS;

EID: 33644873171     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD001799.pub2     Document Type: Article

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