Concomitant radiochemotherapy versus radiotherapy alone: Results of a randomized study in the treatment of advanced head and neck cancers;COMPARAISON D'UNE ASSOCIATION RADIOTHERAPIE-CHIMIOTHERAPIE CONCOMITANTE ET D'UNE RADIOTHERAPIE SEULE DANS LES CANCER AVANCES DES VOIES AERODIGESTIVES SUPERIEURES: RESULTAT D'UN ESSAI RANDOMISE

Bulletin du Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-103

  Haddad, E ^a   Mazeron, J J ^a   Martin, M ^a   Vergnes, L ^a   Brun, B ^a   Piedbois, P ^a   Coste, A ^a   Lelievre, G ^a   Peynegre, R ^a   Le Bourgeois, J P ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

cisplatin; concurrent radiochemotherapy; fluorouracil; head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; phase II trial

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAMUSCULAR DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; CANCER STAGING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029693416     PISSN: 09244212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0924-4212(96)85319-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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