Small cell oesophageal carcinoma: An institutional experience and review of the literature

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 708-711

  Hudson, E ^a   Powell, J ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Crosby, T D L ^a   Brewster, A E ^a   Maughan, T S ^a   Bailey, H ^a   Lester, J F ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Oesophagus; Radiotherapy; Small cell

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33847714726     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603611     Document Type: Article

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