Simultaneous Chemoradiation in the Treatment of Advanced Head and Neck Cancer

Archives of Otolaryngology--Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 118, Issue 8, 1992, Pages 806-810

  Weissler, Mark C ^a   Melin, Susan ^a   Sailer, Scott L ^a   Qaqish, Bahjat F ^a   Rosenman, Julian G ^a   Pillsbury, Harold C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026634269     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: 1538361X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.1992.01880080028008     Document Type: Article

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