Radiation therapy alone for stage I (UICC T1N0M0) squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus: Indications for surgery or combined chemoradiotherapy

Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology (Australia)

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1290-1296

  Ishikawa, Hitoshi ^a,b   Sakurai, Hideyuki ^a   Tamaki, Yoshio ^c   Nonaka, Tetsuo ^a   Yamakawa, Michitaka ^d   Saito, Yoshihiro ^e   Kitamoto, Yoshizumi ^a   Higuchi, Keiko ^c   Hasegawa, Masatoshi ^a   Nakano, Takashi ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RADIOLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^c Gunma Cancer Center   (Japan)

^d Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology   (Japan)

^e SAITAMA CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

STEROID;

AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LOW ENERGY RADIATION; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SUBMUCOSA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 33745808865     PISSN: 08159319     EISSN: 14401746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1746.2006.04089.x     Document Type: Article

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