Epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) is an independent adverse prognostic factor in esophageal adenocarcinoma patients treated with cisplatin-based neoadjuvant chemotherapy

Oncotarget

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 6620-6632

  Aichler, Michaela ^a   Motschmann, Martin ^a   Ju¨tting, Uta ^a   Luber, Birgit ^b   Becker, Karen ^b   Ott, Katja ^c   Lordick, Florian ^d   Langer, Rupert ^b   Feith, Marcus ^e   Siewert, Jo¨rg Ru¨diger ^f   Walch, Axel ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; EGFR; Esophageal cancer; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; EGFR PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RESISTANCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; GENE DOSAGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BIOSYNTHESIS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, NEOPLASM; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FLUOROURACIL; GENE DOSAGE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LEUCOVORIN; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; PROGNOSIS; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84907069547     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.2268     Document Type: Article

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