Clinical remission of xeroderma pigmentosum-associated squamous cell carcinoma with isotretinoin and chemotherapy: Case report

Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 313-317

  Saade, Michel ^a,c   El Saad Debahy, N ^b   Houjeily, S ^a  

^a LEBANESE UNIVERSITY   (Lebanon)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^c SAINT GEORGE HOSPITAL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Lebanon)

Author keywords

13 cis retinoic acid; Cisplatin; DNA repair genes; Fluorouracil; Isotretinoin; Skin cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; ISOTRETINOIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CHEILITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRY SKIN; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; REMISSION; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 0032803131     PISSN: 1120009X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/joc.1999.11.4.313     Document Type: Article

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