A history of surgery for locally-advanced (T4) cancer of the thoracic esophagus in Japan and a personal perspective

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 409-415

  Fujita, Hiromasa ^a  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Combined resection; Definitive chemoradiotherapy; History; Locally advanced T4 esophageal cancer; Salvage surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ESOPHAGUS RESECTION; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; HISTORY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGECTOMY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; JAPAN; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890904482     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5761/atcs.ra.13-00085     Document Type: Review

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