Advances in Radiotherapy Management of Esophageal Cancer
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Advances in Radiotherapy Management of Esophageal Cancer
Radiation therapy (RT) as part of multidisciplinary oncologic care has been marked by profound advancements over the past decades. As part of multimodality therapy for esophageal cancer (EC), a prime goal of RT is to minimize not only treatment toxicities, but also postoperative complications and hospitalizations. Herein, discussion commences with the historical approaches to treating EC, inclu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Clinical Medicine
سال: 2016
ISSN: 2077-0383
DOI: 10.3390/jcm5100091