Carboplatin and etoposide combined with radiotherapy for limited-stage small-cell esophageal carcinoma: Three cases and review of the literature

Japanese Journal of Radiology

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Isoyama, Yuko ^a   Shioyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Nomoto, Satoshi ^a   Ohga, Saiji ^a   Nonoshita, Takeshi ^a   Onishi, Kayoko ^a   Matsuura, Shuji ^a   Atsumi, Kazushige ^a   Terashima, Koutaro ^a   Hirata, Hideki ^b   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CBDCA; Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Small cell carcinoma; VP 16

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FATALITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MYELOID LEUKEMIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMALL CELL ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETOPOSIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES;

EID: 77954568135     PISSN: 18671071     EISSN: 1867108X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11604-009-0403-7     Document Type: Article

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