Salvage definitive chemo-radiotherapy for locally recurrent oesophageal carcinoma after primary surgery: Retrospective review

Journal of Medical Imaging and Radiation Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 583-587

  Baxi, S H ^a,b   Burmeister, B ^a   Harvey, J A ^a   Smithers, M ^b   Thomas, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Recurrent oesophageal carcinoma; Salvage chemo radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; GASTRITIS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION FIELD; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT DURATION; VOMITING;

AGED; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 58849120882     PISSN: 17549477     EISSN: 17549485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1673.2008.02023.x     Document Type: Article

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