Radiotherapy combined with nimustine hydrochloride and etoposide for malignant gliomas: Results of a pilot study

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 246-250

  Tanaka, Minoru ^a   Shibui, Soichiro ^a   Nomura, Kazuhiro ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

ACNU; Chemoradiotherapy; Etoposide; Malignant glioma

Indexed keywords

ETOPOSIDE; NIMUSTINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG RESPONSE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PILOT STUDY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION RESPONSE; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR;

EID: 0034898786     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hye059     Document Type: Article

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