Survival benefit of radiotherapy to patients with small cell esophagus carcinoma - An analysis of Surveillance Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) data

Oncotarget

Volumn 7, Issue 13, 2016, Pages 15474-15480

  Song, Yaqi ^a   Wang, Wanwei ^a   Tao, Guangzhou ^a   Zhu, Weiguo ^a   Zhou, Xilei ^a   Pan, Peng ^a  

^a NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy; Small cell carcinoma; Stage

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMALL CELL ESOPHAGEAL CARCINOMA; SOCIAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ADULT; CANCER REGISTRY; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84971669587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19492553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.6764     Document Type: Article

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