External beam radiation therapy followed by high-dose-rate brachytherapy for inoperable superficial esophageal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1456-1461

  Pasquier, David ^a   Mirabel, Xavier ^a   Adenis, Antoine ^a   Rezvoy, Nicolas ^a   Hecquet, Genevieve ^a   Fournier, Charles ^a   Coche Dequeant, Bernard ^a   Prevost, Bernard ^a   Castelain, Bernard ^a   Lartigau, Eric ^a  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

Author keywords

High dose brachytherapy; Radiation therapy; Superficial esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

ENDOSCOPIC ULTRASONOGRAPHY (EUS); HIGH DOSE BRACHYTHERAPY; INOPERABLE PATIENTS; SUPERFICIAL ESOPHAGEAL CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPERFICIAL CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEASIBILITY STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33748530642     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.02.049     Document Type: Article

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