Postoperative radiotherapy with concurrent cisplatin appears to improve locoregional control of advanced, resectable head and neck cancers: RTOG 88- 24

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 777-782

  Al Sarraf, Muhyi ^a,g   Pajak, Thomas F ^b   Byhardt, Roger W ^c   Beitler, Jonathan J ^d   Salter, Merle M ^e   Cooper, Jay S ^f  

^a Providence Cancer Center   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f NEW YORK UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Head and neck cancers; postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOMITING;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0030964407     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00614-1     Document Type: Article

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