Successful treatment for esophageal carcinoma with lung metastasis by induction chemotherapy followed by salvage esophagectomy: Report of a case

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 12, Issue 25, 2006, Pages 4101-4103

  Kosugi, Shin Ichi ^a   Kanda, Tatsuo ^a   Nishimaki, Tadashi ^b   Nakagawa, Satoru ^a   Yajima, Kazuhito ^a   Ohashi, Manabu ^a   Hatakeyama, Katsuyoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICAL AND DENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Esophageal carcinoma; Fluorouracil; Induction chemotherapy; Lung metastasis; Nedaplatin; Salvage esophagectomy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MALE; NAUSEA; STOMATITIS; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 33746217560     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.v12.i25.4101     Document Type: Article

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