Quality of Life During Neoadjuvant Treatment and After Surgery for Resectable Esophageal Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 160-166

  van Meerten, Esther ^a   van der Gaast, Ate ^a   Looman, Caspar W N ^a   Tilanus, Hugo W G ^a   Muller, Karin ^a   Essink Bot, Marie Louise ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Combined modality treatment; Esophageal cancer; Esophagectomy; Health related quality of life; Neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DRUG DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY;

ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGECTOMY; NEOADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

CARBOPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EMOTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PACLITAXEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION;

EID: 41749092020     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.09.038     Document Type: Article

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