Concomitant chemotherapy and reirradiation as management for recurrent cancer of the head and neck

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-5

  Spencer, Sharon A ^a   Wheeler, Richard H ^b   Peters, Glenn E ^c   Beenken, Samuel W ^d   Meredith, Ruby F ^a   Smith, Judy ^a   Conner, Wendy ^b   Salter, Merle M ^a  

^a The University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^d Kentucky   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Hydroxyurea; Reirradiation; Squamous cell head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INOPERABLE CANCER; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; SKIN TOXICITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYDROXYUREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033494681     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199902000-00001     Document Type: Article

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