Pattern of failure in long-term survivors after radio-chemotherapy for inoperable head and neck cancer

Oncology Research and Treatment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 419-422

  Wendt, T G ^a   Panzer, M ^a   Wustrow, T P U ^a   Hartenstein, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b Munich Municipal Hospital   (Germany)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Pattern of failure Distant metastases; Radiochemotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL;

EID: 0029806629     PISSN: 22965270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000218844     Document Type: Article

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