Induction chemoradiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the thoracic esophagus: impact of increased dosage on long-term results.

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Published in Ann Thorac Surg on October 01, 2005

Authors

Giovanni de Manzoni1, Corrado Pedrazzani, Ernesto Laterza, Felice Pasini, Antonio Grandinetti, Marco Bernini, Andrea Ruzzenente, Germana Zerman, Anna Tomezzoli, Claudio Cordiano

Author Affiliations

1: First Department of General Surgery, University of Verona, Verona, Italy. chirurgia.urgenza@univr.it

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