Journal of clinical oncology : official journal…
2004
PURPOSE
To evaluate the time course of therapy-induced changes in tumor glucose use during chemoradiotherapy of esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) and to correlate the reduction of metabolic… (More)
BACKGROUND
The objectives of this study were to investigate histomorphologic features as a response classification after neoadjuvant radiochemotherapy (RTx/CTx) and to correlate the results with… (More)
PURPOSE
To evaluate the Vienna Rectoscopy Score (VRS) as a feasible and effective tool for detecting and classifying pathologic changes in the rectal mucosa after radiotherapy (RT) for prostate… (More)
BACKGROUND
We present the results of a prospective phase-II-study of neoadjuvant combined radiochemotherapy followed by surgical resection in patients with histological proven locally advanced… (More)
BACKGROUND & AIMS
Central venous catheter (CVC) infection is the most frequent complication during home parenteral nutrition (HPN). We prospectively assessed incidence and catheter-related sepsis… (More)
PURPOSE
Surgery often fails to achieve local control in advanced rectal cancer. Additional measures are necessary to prevent local recurrence. The aim of this study was to evaluate intraoperative… (More)
Oxaliplatin and 5-fluorouracil have a significant activity in locally advanced oesophageal squamous cell cancer (OSCC). However, their optimal dosage and efficacy when combined with concurrent… (More)
Determinations of the pKa-values by the spectrophotometric method indicate significant differences in the acidic behaviour between piroxicam and tenoxicam on the one hand and isoxicam on the other.… (More)
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The present study evaluates the incidence of (11)C-choline PET/CT positive findings in patients with recurrent prostate cancer referred for salvage radiotherapy (SRT) and the… (More)
Evaluation of late side effects and biochemical control (bNED) 5 years after three-dimensional radiotherapy with moderate, risk-adapted dose escalation. From 03/1999 to 07/2002, 486 patients have… (More)