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Prognostic factors after chemoradiotherapy for patients with inoperable esophageal squamous cell carcinoma.
Hepato-gastroenterology - 1 Jan 2000
Kunisaki Chikara, Imada Toshio, Yamada Roppei, Hatori Shinsuke, Kinbara Kazuhiro, Watai Kiichi, Akiyama Hirotoshi, Nomura Masato, Matsuda Goro, Otsuka Yuichi, Ono Hidetaka, Shimada Hiroshi
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BACKGROUND/AIMS: It is important to clarify the predictive and prognostic factors for chemoradiotherapy (CRT) in patients with inoperable esophageal cancer. METHODOLOGY: Forty-one patients with inoperable advanced esophageal cancer were evaluated. The predictive factors for the response to CRT (low-dose 5-FU and Cisplatin (FP) therapy plus 60 Gy of radiation) and the prognostic factors after CRT were analyzed....
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