Open AccessMetastatic brain tumors from small-cell esophageal cancer: Clinical characteristics and outcome
Author(s) -
Wei Feng,
Hideyuki Harada,
Peng Zhang,
Koichi Mitsuya,
Zheng Xiao,
Hirofumi Yasui,
Yoko Nakasu,
Ming Chen,
Tetsuo Nishimura
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
journal of cancer research and therapeutics/journal of cancer research and therapeutics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.475
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 0973-1482
pISSN - 1998-4138
DOI - 10.4103/0973-1482.151469
Subject(s) - medicine , radiation therapy , esophageal cancer , adenocarcinoma , cancer , oncology , brain metastasis , survival rate , radiology , gastroenterology , metastasis
Few studies have examined the clinical characteristics of patients with brain metastases from small-cell esophageal cancer. In this study, we review the clinical characteristics and outcomes in patients with brain metastases from small-cell esophageal cancer.