Long-term survival and improved quality of life after chemoradiotherapy to treat esophageal small cell carcinoma: A report of two cases

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 58, Issue 110-111, 2011, Pages 1588-1594

  Kawamura, Naohiko ^a   Ogasawara, Naotaka ^a   Utsumi, Keiko ^a   Sasaki, Makoto ^a   Hijikata, Yasutaka ^a   Masui, Ryuta ^a   Kondo, Yoshihiro ^a   Ito, Yoshitsugi ^a   Mizuno, Mari ^a   Iida, Akihito ^a   Funaki, Yasushi ^a   Kasugai, Kunio ^a  

^a AICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carboplastin; Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Esophageal small cell carcinoma; Etoposide; Lrinotecan

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IRINOTECAN; RECOMBINANT GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGOGRAPHY; ESOPHAGOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS INJURY; ESOPHAGUS SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS ULCER; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BIOPSY; CAMPTOTHECIN; CISPLATIN; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 83355169837     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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