Comparison of Efficacy of Regional and Extensive Clinical Target Volumes in Postoperative Radiotherapy for Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 396-402

  Qiao, Xue ying ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Zhou, Zhi guo ^a   Gao, Xian shu ^b   Chang, Joe Y ^c  

^a HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY FIRST HOSPITAL   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical target volume (CTV); Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Esophagectomy; Postoperative radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; TUMORS;

ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGECTOMY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 38149094343     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.06.031     Document Type: Article

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