Radiation therapy alone or with concurrent low-dose daily either cisplatin or carboplatin in locally advanced unresectable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A prospective randomized trial

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Jeremic, Branislav ^a   Shibamoto, Yuta ^b   Stanisavljevic, Bozidar ^a   Milojevic, Ljubisa ^a   Milicic, Biljana ^a   Nikolic, Nebojsa ^a  

^a University Hospital   (Serbia)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

chemotherapy; head and neck cancer; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030890083     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)00048-0     Document Type: Article

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