Stage for Stage Comparison of Recurrence Patterns after Definitive Chemoradiotherapy or Surgery for Oesophageal Carcinoma

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 617-624

  Reid, T D ^a   Davies, I Ll ^a   Mason, J ^a   Roberts, S A ^a   Crosby, T D L ^b   Lewis, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Oesophageal cancer; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROPYRIMIDINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CELL TYPE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE PROGRESSION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84866876970     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: 14332981     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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