Novel cancer therapies: More efficacy, less toxicity and improved organ preservation

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 31-33

  Joensuu, Heikki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Boron neutron capture therapy; Chemotherapy; Neoadjuvant chemotherapy; Radiation therapy; Radioimmunotherapy; Sentinel node biopsy; Stereotactic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BORON DERIVATIVE; CISPLATIN; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; CYTOTOXIN; ENZYME; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; ONCOPROTEIN; RADIOISOTOPE; VACCINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; BREAST CANCER; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG EFFICACY; GENE THERAPY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; METABOLISM; NEUTRON CAPTURE THERAPY; ORGAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY; REVIEW; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

EID: 0033971716     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853890008995907     Document Type: Review

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