A phase III study of radiotherapy with and without continuous-infusion fluorouracil as palliation for non-small-cell lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 690-697

  Ball, D ^a   Smith, J ^a   Bishop, J ^b   Olver, I ^c   Davis, S ^d   O'Brien, P ^e   Bernshaw, D ^a   Ryan, G ^a   Millward, M ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fluorouracil; Lung cancer; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NAUSEA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION; STOMATITIS; VOMITING;

EID: 0031047469     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.123     Document Type: Article

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