The Utility of Proton Beam Therapy with Concurrent Chemotherapy for the Treatment of Esophageal Cancers

The standard of care for the management of locally advanced esophageal cancers in the United States is chemotherapy combined with radiation, either definitively, or for those who could tolerate surgery, preoperatively before esophagectomy. Although the appropriate radiation dose remains somewhat con...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Steven H. Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2011-10-01
Series:Cancers
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2072-6694/3/4/4090/