Induction and adjuvant chemotherapy for head and neck cancer: Future perspectives

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 277-280

  Forastiere, Arlene A ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Chemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Induction

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; LARYNX; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; REVIEW;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL TRIALS; EUROPE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032736779     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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