Double blind randomized trial of sucralfate vs placebo during radical radiotherapy for head and neck cancers

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 760-766

  Carter, Dennis L ^a   Hebert, Mary E ^a   Smink, Karen ^a   Leopold, Kenneth A ^a   Clough, Robert L ^a   Brizel, David M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Mucositis; Radiation therapy; Radiotherapy; Sucralfate

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PLACEBO; SUCRALFATE;

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; GASTROSTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX; LARYNX; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX; OROPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0032721843     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199912)21:8<760::aid-hed12>3.0.co;2-%23     Document Type: Article

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