Radiotherapy with or without concurrent chemotherapy for lymph node recurrence after radical surgery of thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 710-714

  Lu, Jin Cheng ^a   Kong, Cheng ^a   Tao, Hua ^a  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Lymph node recurrence; Radical surgery; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HAZARD RATIO; LYMPH NODE RECURRENCE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; RADICAL SURGERY; RADIOCHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY ALONE; RANK TEST; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHEMOTHERAPY; POPULATION STATISTICS; RADIOTHERAPY; SURGERY; TOXICITY;

BODY FLUIDS;

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LUNG FIBROSIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SECONDARY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77957197802     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.08.065     Document Type: Article

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