Concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by adjuvant chemotherapy in Asian patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Toxicities and preliminary results

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 597-601

  Tan, Eng H ^a   Chua, Eu T ^a   Wee, Joseph ^a   Tan, Terence ^a   Fong, Kam W ^a   Ang, Peng T ^a   Lee, Kim S ^a   Lee, Khai M ^a   Khoo Tan, Hoon S ^a   Leong, Swan S ^a   Ong, Yew K ^a   Foo, Kian F ^a   Sethi, Vijay K ^a   Chua, Eu J ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Locally advanced; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN TOXICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KIDNEY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEUTROPENIA; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0032874891     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00210-2     Document Type: Article

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