Preoperative therapy in esophageal cancer

Clinical Advances in Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 371-379

  Ku, Geoffrey Y ^a   Ilson, David H ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Esophageal cancer; Neoadjuvant therapy; Resection

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IRINOTECAN; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; TAXANE DERIVATIVE; VINBLASTINE; VINDESINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ESOPHAGUS SURGERY; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PROTEIN TARGETING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III AS TOPIC; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 48249123849     PISSN: 15430790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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