Radiotherapy and chemotherapy are associated with improved outcomes over surgery and chemotherapy in the management of limited-stage small cell esophageal carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 317-322

  Meng, Mao Bin ^a   Zaorsky, Nicholas G ^b   Jiang, Chao ^a   Tian, Li Jun ^a   Wang, Huan Huan ^a   Liu, Chun Lei ^a   Wang, Juan ^a   Tao, Zhen ^a   Sun, Yao ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Pang, Qing Song ^a   Zhao, Lu Jun ^a   Yuan, Zhi Yong ^a   Ping, Wang ^a  

^a TIANJIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy; Small cell esophageal carcinoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LIMITED STAGE SMALL CELL ESOPHAGEAL CANCER; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARAAORTIC LYMPH NODE; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84876115981     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: 18790887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2013.01.008     Document Type: Article

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