Anaplastic carcinoma of the thyroid

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 739-744

  Sweeney, P J ^a   Haraf, D J ^a   Recant, W ^a   Kaplan, E L ^a   Vokes, E E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplastic; Chemotherapy; Radiation therapy; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; HYDROXYUREA; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; THYROID CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029808329     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.annonc.a010724     Document Type: Article

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