Larynx preservation in pyriform sinus cancer: Preliminary results of a European organization for research and treatment of cancer phase III trial

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 890-899

  Lefebvre, Jean Louis ^a   Chevalier, Dominique ^b   Luboinski, Bernard ^c   Kirkpatrick, Anne ^d   Collette, Laurence ^d   Sahmoud, Tarek ^d  

^a CENTRE OSCAR LAMBRET   (France)

^b LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^d EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MANNITOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGAN PRESERVATION; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0029900724     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/88.13.890     Document Type: Article

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