Chemoradiation as primary or adjuvant treatment for locally advanced carcinoma of the vulva

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1235-1244

  Han, Stephanie C ^a   Kim, David H ^a   Higgins, Susan A ^a   Carcangiu, Maria Luisa ^a   Kacinski, Barry M ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Advanced vulvar cancer; Chemoradiation; Cisplatin; Mitomycin C

Indexed keywords

AMERICIUM 241; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; RADIUM; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PELVIS LYMPH NODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; RELAPSE; SURVIVAL RATE; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; VULVA; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034661766     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00569-1     Document Type: Article

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