Mature results of a phase III randomized trial comparing concurrent chemoradiotherapy with radiation therapy alone in patients with stage III and IV squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 876-883

  Adelstein, David J ^a   Lavertu, Pierre ^a,b   Saxton, Jerrold P ^a   Secic, Michelle ^a   Wood, Benjamin G ^a   Wanamaker, John R ^a,c   Eliachar, Isaac ^a   Strome, Marshall ^a   Larto, Marjorie A ^a  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c Central New York Ear Nose and Throat Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Chemotherapy; Head and neck carcinoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK CANCER; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034651902     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000215)88:4<876::AID-CNCR19>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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