Feasibility of definitive chemoradiation therapy with nedaplatin and 5-fluorouracil in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma: A retrospective study

Purpose: This study was designed to retrospectively analyze the safety and efficacy of chemoradiation therapy with nedaplatin and 5-fluorouracil in elderly patients with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Methods and materials: Eligible patients were aged 76 years or older, had a histopathologic di...

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Main Authors: Akinori Watanabe, MD, Chikatoshi Katada, MD, PhD, Shouko Komori, MD, Hiromitsu Moriya, MD, PhD, Keishi Yamashita, MD, PhD, Hiroki Harada, MD, Mizutomo Azuma, MD, PhD, Yuki Kondo, MD, Yo Kubota, MD, Yasuaki Furue, MD, Natsuko Kawanishi, MD, Sakiko Yamane, MD, Takuya Wada, MD, Takafumi Yano, MD, Kenji Ishido, MD, PhD, Satoshi Tanabe, MD, PhD, Kazushige Hayakawa, MD, PhD, Wasaburo Koizumi, MD, PhD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2018-07-01
Series:Advances in Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452109418300356