Management of primary small cell carcinoma of the esophagus

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 120, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 355-358

  Sun, Ke Lin ^a   He, Jie ^a   Cheng, Gui Yu ^a   Chai, Li Xun ^a  

^a CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Esophagus; Small cell carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; MITOMYCIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGASTROSTOMY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS ANASTOMOSIS; ESOPHAGUS BIOPSY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; LAPAROTOMY; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG INFECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PHLEBITIS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH FISTULA; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 33947691780     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200703010-00001     Document Type: Article

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