Number and location of positive nodes, postoperative radiotherapy, and survival after esophagectomy with three-field lymph node dissection for thoracic esophageal squamous cell carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 475-482

  Chen, Junqiang ^a   Pan, Jianji ^a   Zheng, Xiongwei ^a   Zhu, Kunshou ^a   Li, Jiancheng ^a   Chen, Mingqiang ^a   Wang, Jiezhong ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^b  

^a FUJIAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma; Lymph node metastasis; Nodal basins; Three field lymphadenectomy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NODAL BASINS; THREE-FIELD LYMPHADENECTOMY;

BODY FLUIDS; CELLS; PATHOLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GENDER; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENCE RISK; STOMACH HEMORRHAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 83955166008     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2010.08.037     Document Type: Article

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