Prospective randomized study of post-operative chemotherapy with levamisole and UFT for head and neck carcinoma

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 750-753

  Lam, P ^a   Yuen, A P W ^a   Ho, C M ^a   Ho, W K ^a   Wei, W I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Acturial survival; Adjuvant chemotherapy; Distant metastatis; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; LEVAMISOLE; PRODRUG; TEGAFUR; UFT; URACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SCREENING; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STOMACH DISEASE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 0035176774     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ejso.2001.1171     Document Type: Article

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