Combined treatment in carcinoma of the nasopharynx

Laryngoscope

Volumn 98, Issue 8, 1988, Pages 881-883

  Souhami, Luis ^a   Rabinowits, Milton ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE CÂNCER   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; METHODOLOGY; NOSE CANCER; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIDE EFFECT;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMAN; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; MITOMYCINS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOISOTOPE TELETHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0023714864     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-198808000-00018     Document Type: Article

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