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Influence of induction chemotherapy and class of cytotoxics on pathologic response and survival after preoperative chemoradiation in patients with carcinoma of the esophagus

✍ Scribed by Heta Javeri; Rohan Arora; Arlene M. Correa; Wayne L. Hofstetter; Jeffrey H. Lee; Zhongxing Liao; Mary F. McAleer; Dipen Maru; Manoop S. Bhutani; Stephen G. Swisher; Julie G. Izzo; Jaffer A. Ajani

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 2008
Tongue: English
Weight: 260 KB
Volume: 113
Category: Article
ISSN: 0008-543X
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.23688

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