Treatment of squamous cell carcinoma of the esophagus with alternating radiotherapy and chemotherapy (cisplatin, methotrexate, and peplomycin)

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 16-18

  Kagami, Yoshikazu ^a,b   Nishio, Masamichi ^b   Narimatsu, Naoto ^b   Myoujin, Miyako ^b   Sakurai, Tomoyasu ^b   Hareyama, Masato ^b,c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b HOKKAIDO CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alternating treatment; Cisplatin; Esophageal cancer; Methotrexate; Peplomycin; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; METHOTREXATE; PEPLEOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KIDNEY INJURY; LIVER INJURY; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PNEUMONIA; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUBCUTANEOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHOTREXATE; MIDDLE AGED; PEPLOMYCIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0031034138     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199702000-00004     Document Type: Article

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