Pattern of lymph node metastases and its implication in radiotherapeutic clinical target volume in patients with thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A report of 1077 cases

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 229-233

  Huang, Wei ^a,b   Li, Baosheng ^a   Gong, Heyi ^a,b   Yu, Jinming ^a   Sun, Hongfu ^a   Zhou, Tao ^a   Zhang, Zicheng ^a   Liu, Xibin ^a  

^a SHANDONG CANCER HOSPITAL AND INSTITUTE   (China)

^b TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Conformal radiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Target volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THORACIC ESOPHAGUS SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77956639955     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.01.006     Document Type: Article

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