Radiotherapy versus stenting in treating malignant dysphagia

Journal of Gastrointestinal Oncology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 322-325

  Eldeeb, Hany ^a   El Hadaad, Hend Ahmed ^b  

^a Northamptonshire Centre for Oncology   (United Kingdom)

^b MANSOURA UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Malignant dysphagia; Radiotherapy; Stent

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT DYSPHAGIA; METASTASIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STENT;

EID: 84995769171     PISSN: 20786891     EISSN: 2219679X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2078-6891.2012.011     Document Type: Article

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