Open AccessRadiotherapy of 180 cases of operable esophageal carcinoma
Author(s) -
Dong-Fu Chen,
Zhaoyong Yang,
Wenqiang Yin
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v3.i2.123
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , esophagus , carcinoma , isocenter , surgery , esophageal neoplasm , survival rate , esophageal squamous cell carcinoma
To compare the validity of radiotherapy and surgery for operable esophageal carcinoma in 180 patients with pathologically proven esophageal carcinoma who had been accepted for surgery, but for various reasons were given radical radiation therapy instead.