Induction chemotherapy and radiotherapy of advanced cancer of the cervix: A pilot study and phase III randomized trial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 343-350

  Leborgne, Felix ^a,b   Leborgne, José H ^a   Doldán, Raquel ^a   Zubizarreta, Eduardo ^a   Ortega, Bettys ^a   Maisonneuve, Juan ^a   Musetti, Eduardo ^a   Hekimian, Luciano ^a   Mezzera, Julieta ^a  

^a Centro Hospitalario Pereira Rossell   (Uruguay)

^b NONE   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

Cancer of the cervix; Chemotherapy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR REGRESSION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; REMISSION INDUCTION; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 0030978493     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00491-9     Document Type: Article

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