Combined chemotherapy and radiation in the treatment of locally advanced head and neck cancers

In Vivo

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-39

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Sallah, Sabah ^b  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Multimodality therapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; HYDROXYUREA; INTERFERON; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL;

CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034026055     PISSN: 0258851X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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