Histologically negative specimens after induction therapy: Frequency and impact on survival

Head and Neck

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 808-813

  León, Xavier ^a   Quer, Miquel ^a   Orús, Cesar ^a   Sancho, Francesc J ^a   De Juan, Manuel ^a   López Pousa, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Complete response; Head and neck cancer; Histologically negative; Induction chemotherapy; Partial response

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CISPLATIN; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033749792     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1097-0347(200012)22:8<808::AID-HED10>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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