Adjuvant treatment of stage I lung cancer with high-dose vitamin A

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1993, Pages 1216-1222

  Pastorino, Ugo ^a   Infante, Maurizio ^b   Maioli, Marco ^b   Chiesa, Giuseppe ^b   Buyse, Marc ^b   Firket, Patrick ^b   Rosmentz, Nicole ^b   Clerici, Maurizia ^b   Soresi, Enzo ^b   Valente, Maurizio ^b   Belloni, Pier Angelo ^b   Ravasi, Gianni ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; RETINOL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRY SKIN; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; INFANT; LARYNX CANCER; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PANCREAS CANCER; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SECOND CANCER; SKIN CANCER; SMOKING; TOBACCO; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTICARCINOGENIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RECURRENCE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VITAMIN A;

EID: 0027207575     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1993.11.7.1216     Document Type: Article

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