Combined Radiation and Chemotherapy for Carcinoma of the Anal Canal

ONCOLOGY

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 373-381

  Stafford, Scott L ^a,b   Martenson, James A ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; ANUS CARCINOMA; ANUS SPHINCTER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW;

ANUS NEOPLASMS; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0031976389     PISSN: 08909091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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