In Response to: Study to Determine Adequate Margins in Radiotherapy Planning for Esophageal Carcinoma by Detailing Patterns of Recurrence After Definitive Chemoradiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1623-

  Muijs, Christina T ^a   Beukema, Jannet C ^a   Mul, Veronique E ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOGASTRODUODENOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; LOCAL THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MOVEMENT; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 71649096709     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.07.1738     Document Type: Letter

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