Recurrence after neoadjuvant chemoradiation and surgery for esophageal cancer: Does the pattern of recurrence differ for patients with complete response and those with partial or no response?

Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 138, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1309-1317

  Meguid, Robert A ^a   Hooker, Craig M ^a   Taylor, Joshua T ^a   Kleinberg, Laurence R ^a   Cattaneo II, Stephen M ^a   Sussman, Marc S ^a   Yang, Stephen C ^a   Heitmiller, Richard F ^b   Forastiere, Arlene A ^a   Brock, Malcolm V ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNION MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC METAL COMPLEX; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOSENSITIVITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION FIELD; TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL;

EID: 71649112214     PISSN: 00225223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2009.07.069     Document Type: Article

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