Concurrent radiotherapy and continuous ambulatory infusion 5-fluorouracil in advanced head and neck cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 249-254

  Olver, I N ^a,b   Hughes, P G ^a   Smith, J G ^a   Narayan, K ^a   Bishop, J F ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

5 fluorouracil (5 FU); Continuous infusion; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN TOXICITY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFUSION PUMPS, IMPLANTABLE; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029877222     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00539-0     Document Type: Article

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