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Superiority of combined chemoradiotherapy to radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancers. An intergroup study

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Cancer Treatment An Update

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Superiority of combined chemoradiotherapy to radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancers. An intergroup study.

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  1. Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  2. RTOG Heardquarters, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  3. Oakwood Hospital, Dearborn, MI, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  4. University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  5. University of North Dakota, Bismarck, ND, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  6. New York University, New York, NY, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  7. Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  8. Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

  9. Washington, University, St-Louis, MO, USA

    M. Al-Sarraf, K. Martz, A. Herskovic, L. Leichman, J. S. Brindle, V. K. Vaitkevicius, J. Cooper, R. Byhardt, L. Davis & B. Emami

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Hôpital Saint-Louis, 1, avenue Vellefaux, 75475, Paris Cedex 10, France

    P. Banzet

  2. The Mount Sinai Medical Center, 1 G. Levy Place, New York, NY, 10029-6574, USA

    J. F. Holland

  3. Service d’Oncologie Médicale, Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    D. Khayat

  4. Hôpital Pitié-Salpétrière Pavillon Jacquart, 47, boulevard de l’Hôpital, 75651, Paris Cedex 13, France

    M. Weil

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Al-Sarraf, M. et al. (1994). Superiority of combined chemoradiotherapy to radiotherapy alone in patients with esophageal cancers. An intergroup study. In: Banzet, P., Holland, J.F., Khayat, D., Weil, M. (eds) Cancer Treatment An Update. Springer, Paris. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-2-8178-0765-2_81

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