Epirubicin, cisplatin and continuous infusion 5-fluorouracil (ECF) as neoadjuvant chemotherapy in gastro-oesophageal cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1651-1654

  Melcher, A A ^a,b   Mort, D ^a   Maughan, T S ^a  

^a VELINDRE CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gastric cancer; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DEATH; DIARRHEA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXFOLIATION SYNDROME; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELAPSE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

EID: 0029902878     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.604     Document Type: Article

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