Concurrent platinum-based chemo- and radiotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer: A new gold-standard treatment?

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 647-648

  Mangioni, C ^d   Landoni, F ^d   Colombo, A ^a,c   Marsiglia, H ^b   Maggioni, A ^b   Sasso, G ^b  

^a AO S Gerardo   (Italy)

^b EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^c SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Concurrent chemoradiation

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; MITOMYCIN C;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0032811951     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008367329829     Document Type: Note

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