Enhanced acute toxicity in oropharynx carcinoma treated with radiotherapy and concomitant cisplatin, 5-fluorouracil and mitomycin C

European Journal of Cancer Part A

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1707-1711

  Berger, C ^a   Chapet, S ^b   Reynaud Bougnoux, A ^b   Garand, G ^b   Floch, O Le ^b   Calais, G ^b  

^a INSTITUT SAINTE CATHERINE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy; Oropharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TOXICITY;

EID: 0030248487     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(96)00173-6     Document Type: Article

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