Distant nodal metastases from intrathoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Characteristics of long-term survivors after chemoradiotherapy

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 158-162

  Chao, Yin Kai ^a   Wu, Yi Cheng ^a   Liu, Yun Hen ^a   Tseng, Chen Kan ^a   Chang, Hsien Kun ^a   Hsieh, Ming Ju ^a   Chu, Yen ^a   Liu, Hui Ping ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b BenQ Medical Center   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Nodal M1 lesion

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77955100041     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.21588     Document Type: Article

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