Results of the 1999-2001 Japanese patterns of care study for patients receiving definitive radiation therapy without surgery for esophageal cancer

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 493-500

  Murakami, Yuji ^a   Kenjo, Masahiro ^a   Uno, Takashi ^b   Oguchi, Masahiko ^c   Shimada, Mari ^d   Teshima, Teruki ^d  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depth of tumor invasion; Esophageal cancer; Patterns of care study; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPIC MUCOSAL RESECTION; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENDOSONOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 34548348179     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hym055     Document Type: Article

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