Treatment with cisplatin and fluorouracil alternating with radiation favourably affects prognosis of inoperable squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Results of a multivariate analysis on 273 patients

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 773-779

  Benasso, M ^a   Bonelli, L ^a   Numico, G ^a   Corvo R ^a   Sanguineti, G ^a   Rosso, R ^a   Vitale, V ^a   Merlano, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemo radiotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030921825     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008244110004     Document Type: Article

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