## BACKGROUND. It remains controversial whether chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy are/is contraindicated for esophageal carcinoma patients with malignant fistulae. In some case reports, closure of fistulae by chemotherapy or radiotherapy has been reported. The current study investigated chemoradioth
Esophageal carcinoma with respiratory tract fistula
โ Scribed by Alex G. Little; Mark K. Ferguson; Tom R. Demeester; Philip C. Hoffman; David B. Skinner
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1984
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 726 KB
- Volume
- 53
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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