Preoperative concomitant chemoradiotherapy in esophageal cancer

Radiology and Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 231-237

  Šeruga, Boštjan ^a   Sok, Miha ^b   Eržen, Janez ^b   Jerman, Jože ^b   Jančar, Boris ^a   Zakotnik, Branko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Esophageal neoplasms drug therapy radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE; THERAPY EFFECT;

EID: 33846439003     PISSN: 13182099     EISSN: 15813207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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