Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer.
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, Journal Article
Diehl, LF
Published in: Gastroenterol Clin North Am
December 1991
Patients with esophageal cancer present with a cancer that is locally aggressive in a critical area and that readily metastasizes. Neither surgery nor radiotherapy alone can control local disease, and chemotherapy alone cannot control local or disseminated disease. Combined modalities yield better results. Surgery or radiotherapy is the standard primary treatment. Chemotherapy may help to control local disease and microscopic metastatic disease. Prospective randomized trials indicate that chemotherapy added to surgery and radiotherapy and chemotherapy added to radiotherapy prolong survival.
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Published In
Gastroenterol Clin North Am
ISSN
0889-8553
Publication Date
December 1991
Volume
20
Issue
4
Start / End Page
765 / 774
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Antineoplastic Agents
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences
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Diehl, L. F. (1991). Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin North Am, 20(4), 765–774.
Diehl, L. F. “Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer.” Gastroenterol Clin North Am 20, no. 4 (December 1991): 765–74.
Diehl LF. Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1991 Dec;20(4):765–74.
Diehl, L. F. “Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer.” Gastroenterol Clin North Am, vol. 20, no. 4, Dec. 1991, pp. 765–74.
Diehl LF. Radiation and chemotherapy in the treatment of esophageal cancer. Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1991 Dec;20(4):765–774.
Published In
Gastroenterol Clin North Am
ISSN
0889-8553
Publication Date
December 1991
Volume
20
Issue
4
Start / End Page
765 / 774
Location
United States
Related Subject Headings
- Humans
- Gastroenterology & Hepatology
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Combined Modality Therapy
- Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
- Antineoplastic Agents
- 3202 Clinical sciences
- 1103 Clinical Sciences