Survival after chemotherapy with cisplatin and infusion of bleomycin prior to local-regional treatment in pyriform sinus cancer

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Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 221-224

  Grau, Juan J ^a,b   Cuchi, Asunción ^a   Estapé, Jorge ^a   Arias, Carlos ^a   Mañé, Juan M ^a   Fírvida, José L ^a   Moreno, Fernando ^a   Traserra, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; neoadjuvant; pyriform sinus

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH FLOW; MALE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029999643     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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