Survival in patients treated with definitive chemo-radiotherapy for non-metastatic esophageal cancer in north-west Iran

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1677-1680

  Mirinezhad, Seyed Kazem ^a   Somi, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Seyednezhad, Farshad ^b   Jangjoo, Amir Ghasemi ^b   Ghojazadeh, Morteza ^a   Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad ^b   Naseri, Ali Reza ^b   Nasiri, Behnam ^b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Definitive chemo radiotherapy; Esophageal cancer; North; Survival; West Iran

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880423613     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2013.14.3.1677     Document Type: Article

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