Treatment of esophageal tumors using high intensity intraluminal ultrasound: First clinical results

Journal of Translational Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Melodelima, David ^a,b   Prat, Frederic ^a,c   Fritsch, Jacques ^d   Theillere, Yves ^a,b   Cathignol, Dominique ^a,b  

^a INSERM   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^c université Paris Cité   (France)

^d BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PARACETAMOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INFILTRATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DYSPHAGIA; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; GENITAL PAIN; HIGH INTENSITY FOCUSED ULTRASOUND; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAUNDICE; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MENINGOENCEPHALITIS; NECK PAIN; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; STENT; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND THERAPY; ULTRASOUND TRANSDUCER; WEIGHT REDUCTION; ADENOCARCINOMA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PILOT PROJECTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULTRASONIC THERAPY;

EID: 45849147307     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14795876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1479-5876-6-28     Document Type: Article

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