Cervical nodal metastases of unresectable thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: Characteristics of long-term survivors after concurrent chemoradiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 181-186

  Liu, Hui ^a   Lu, Lixia ^a   Zhu, Qi ^a   Hao, Yuantao ^a   Mo, Yunxian ^a   Liu, Mengzhong ^a   Hu, Yonghong ^a   Cui, Nianji ^a   Rong, Tiehua ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Lymph node metastasis; Thoracic esophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TAXOIDS;

EID: 79958166653     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2011.05.011     Document Type: Article

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