Quality of Life and Survival in Patients Treated with Radical Chemoradiation Alone for Oesophageal Cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 227-233

  Gillham, C M ^a   Aherne, N ^b   Rowley, S ^a   Moore, J ^a   Hollywood, D ^a   O'Byrne, K ^a   Reynolds, J V ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ST LUKE S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; oesophageal cancer; quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; INFUSION FLUID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPEAN ORGANIZATION FOR RESEARCH AND TREATMENT OF CANCER QUALITY OF LIFE QUESTIONNAIRE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEALTH STATUS; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT DECISION MAKING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 40649128075     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2007.12.002     Document Type: Article

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