Proton beam therapy and concurrent chemotherapy for esophageal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Lin, Steven H ^a   Komaki, Ritsuko ^a   Liao, Zhongxing ^a   Wei, Caimiao ^b   Myles, Bevan ^a   Guo, Xiaomao ^c   Palmer, Matthew ^a   Mohan, Radhe ^b   Swisher, Stephen G ^b   Hofstetter, Wayne L ^b   Ajani, Jaffer A ^b   Cox, James D ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c FUDAN UNIVERSITY SHANGHAI CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Chemotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Protons

Indexed keywords

ACUTE TOXICITY; ANDERSONS; CHEMORADIATION; CLINICAL OUTCOME; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; ESOPHAGITIS; KAPLAN-MEIER METHOD; MEDIAN RADIATION; NORMAL-TISSUE TOXICITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATHOLOGIC COMPLETE RESPONSE (PCR); PATHOLOGIC RESPONSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON BEAM THERAPY; RADIATION PNEUMONITIS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; DOSIMETRY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PROTON BEAMS; PROTONS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANASTOMOSIS LEAKAGE; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; EMPYEMA; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LOG RANK TEST; LUNG EMBOLISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION PNEUMONIA; TRACHEOESOPHAGEAL FISTULA; WOUND INFECTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEART; HUMANS; LUNG; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANS AT RISK; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PROTONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84862828605     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.003     Document Type: Article

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