Exclusive Chemoradiotherapy for Patients with Medically Inoperable Early-stage Oesophageal Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 632-633

  Crehange, G ^a   Peignaux, K ^a   Bosset, M ^b   Servagi Vernat, S ^b   Bosset, J F ^b   Maingon, P ^a  

^a CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EARLY CANCER; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548174976     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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