Concomitant cisplatin/5-FU infusion and radiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer: 8-Year analysis of results

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 684-691

  Taylor IV, Samuel G ^a   Murthy, Anantha K ^b   Griem, Katherine L ^b   Recine, Diane C ^b   Kiel, Krystyna ^b,c   Blendowski, Carol ^a   Hurst, Patricia Bull ^a   Showel, John T ^a   Hutchinson Jr , James C ^b   Campanella, Ruth S ^b   Chen, Shande ^b   Caldarelli, David D ^b  

^a ADVOCATE ILLINOIS MASONIC MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Chemotherapy; Head and neck neoplasm; Nonoperative management; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030657645     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199712)19:8<684::AID-HED6>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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