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Esophageal Cancer Radiation Therapy
Esophageal cancer often is asymptomatic until it has advanced or metastasized to distant organs, limiting treatment options. The 2 most common forms are squamous cell carcinomas that appear in the upper or midesophagus and esophageal adenocarcinomas that tend to occur lower in the esophagus or at the gastroesophageal junction. Since the 1980s higher rates of esophageal adenocarcinomas have been...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Nihon Kikan Shokudoka Gakkai Kaiho
سال: 1968
ISSN: 0029-0645,1880-6848
DOI: 10.2468/jbes.19.205