Formation of a bronchoesophageal fistula following concurrent radiation and chemotherapy for lung cancer in the setting of Behçet's disease

Journal of Thoracic Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 1361-1362

  Meyer, Jeffrey ^a   Wahidi, Momen ^a   Shofer, Scott ^a   Evans, John ^a   Crawford, Jeffrey ^a   Kelsey, Chris R ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BEHCET DISEASE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOBRONCHIAL FISTULA; HUMAN; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE TREATMENT; LETTER; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; BRONCHUS FISTULA; ESOPHAGUS FISTULA; LUNG TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BEHCET SYNDROME; BRONCHIAL FISTULA; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 58949100555     PISSN: 15560864     EISSN: 15561380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JTO.0b013e31818b1af2     Document Type: Letter

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