Radiation Therapy for Esophageal Cancer in Japan: Results of the Patterns of Care Study 1999-2001

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 357-363

  Kenjo, Masahiro ^a   Uno, Takashi ^b   Murakami, Yuji ^a   Nagata, Yasushi ^a   Oguchi, Masahiko ^c   Saito, Susumu ^d   Numasaki, Hodaka ^d   Teshima, Teruki ^d   Mitsumori, Michihide ^e  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b CHIBA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^d CANCER INSTITUTE HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Esophageal cancer; Japan; Patterns of Care Study; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMORADIATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; GENERAL ASPECTS; JAPAN; PATTERNS OF CARE; PATTERNS OF CARE STUDY; RADIATION THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOTAL DOSE; WORKING GROUPS;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMOTHERAPY; FLUORESCENT SCREENS; TELEVISION PICTURE TUBES;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; NEDAPLATIN; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 68549100949     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.03.073     Document Type: Article

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