Phase III trial of initial chemotherapy in stage III or IV head and neck cancers: A study by the gruppo di studio sui tumori della testa e del collo

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 1994, Pages 265-272

  Paccagnella, Adriano ^a   Orlando, Antonio ^a   Marchiori, Carlo ^a   Zorat, Pier Luigi ^a   Cavaniglia, Giancarlo ^a   Sileni, Vanna Chiarion ^a   Jirillo, Antonio ^a   Tomio, Luigi ^a   Fila, Guglielmo ^a   Fede, Antonella ^a   Endrizzi, Luigi ^a   Bari, Mario ^a   Sampognaro, Erika ^a   Balli, Mario ^a   Gava, Alessandro ^a   Pappagallo, Giovanni L ^a   Fiorention, Mario V ^a  

^a Central Laboratory   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0027982841     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/86.4.265     Document Type: Article

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