Pericardial and pleural effusions after definitive radiotherapy for esophageal cancer

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 447-453

  Fukada, Junichi ^a   Shigematsu, Naoyuki ^a   Ohashi, Toshio ^a   Shiraishi, Yutaka ^a   Takeuchi, Hiroya ^a   Kawaguchi, Osamu ^a   Kitagawa, Yuko ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; Pericardiai effusion; Pleural effusion; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASES; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ADVERSE EVENTS; CONCURRENT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DEFINITIVE RADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; FOLLOW UP; PERICARDIAI EFFUSION; PERICARDIAL EFFUSIONS; PLEURAL EFFUSION; RADIATION FIELD; RISK FACTORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 84863468174     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: 13499157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.11194     Document Type: Review

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