Radiation Therapy and Cardiac Death in Long-Term Survivors of Esophageal Cancer: An Analysis of the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Result Database

OBJECTIVE: Radiation therapy (RT) for esophageal cancer often results in unintended radiation doses delivered to the heart owing to anatomic proximity. Using the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) database, we examined late cardiac death in survivors of esophageal cancer that had or...

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Autores principales: Gharzai, Laila, Verma, Vivek, Denniston, Kyle A., Bhirud, Abhijeet R., Bennion, Nathan R., Lin, Chi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158916

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4948887/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428362
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0158916

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