Causes for increased myelosuppression with increasing age in patients with oesophageal cancer treated by chemoradiotherapy

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 921-927

  Denham, J W ^a   Ackland, S P ^a   Burmeister, B ^b   Walpole, E ^e   Lamb, D S ^c   Dady, P ^c   Spry, N A ^d  

^a NEWCASTLE MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^d VIC   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Age effects; Chemoradiation; Myelotoxicity; Oesophageal cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUTROPHIL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTE COUNT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUTROPENIA; PLATELET COUNT; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 0033152902     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(99)00065-9     Document Type: Article

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