Phase II study of DTIC, ACNU, and vincristine combination chemotherapy for supratentorial malignant astrocytomas

Neurologia Medico-Chirurgica

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 555-559

  Ikeda, Jun ^a   Aida, Toshimitsu ^a   Sawamura, Yutaka ^a   Abe, Hiroshi ^a   Kaneko, Sadao ^b   Kashiwaba, Takeshi ^c   Kawamoto, Takashi ^d   Mitsumori, Kenji ^e   Saitoh, Hisatoshi ^f  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Iwamizawa City General Hospital   (Japan)

^c Kashiwaba Neurosurgical Hospital   (Japan)

^d Tomakomai City General Hospital   (Japan)

^e Hokkaido Neurosurgical Mem Hospital   (Japan)

^f HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACNU; cellular resistance; chemotherapy; DTIC; malignant glioma; vincristine

Indexed keywords

DACARBAZINE; NIMUSTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MALE; NEUROSURGERY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029843617     PISSN: 03872572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2176/nmc.36.555     Document Type: Article

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