A phase II trial of etoposide, leucovorin and 5-fluorouracil (ELF) in patients with advanced gastric cancer

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 300-303

  Au, E ^a   Koo, W H ^a   Tan, E H ^a   Ang, P T ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Advanced gastric cancer; Combined chemotherapy; Etoposide; Fluorouracil; Folinic acid

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ALOPECIA; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0029738991     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.1996.8.4.300     Document Type: Article

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