Treatment of colorectal carcinoma in adolescents and young adults with surgery, 5-fluorouracil/leucovorin/interferon-α2a and radiation therapy

Medical and Pediatric Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 459-460

  Pratt, Charles B ^a   Rao, Bhaskar N ^a   Merchant, Thomas E ^a   Shah, Amit ^a   Avery, Loraine ^a   Cain, Aluida ^a   Bodner, Sara ^a   Poquette, Catherine ^a   Tan, Ming ^a  

^a ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Adolescents; Colorectal carcinoma; Interferon; Leucovorin; Radiation therapy; Young adults

Indexed keywords

ALPHA2A INTERFERON; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INTERFERON ALFA-2A; LEUCOVORIN; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033043771     PISSN: 00981532     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-911X(199906)32:6<459::AID-MPO17>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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