Survival and recurrence after concomitant chemotherapy and radiotherapy for cancer of the uterine cervix: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Lancet

Volumn 358, Issue 9284, 2001, Pages 781-786

  Green, John A ^a   Kirwan, John M ^b   Tierney, Jayne F ^c   Symonds, Paul ^d   Fresco, Lydia ^d   Collingwood, Mandy ^e   Williams, Christopher J ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b LIVERPOOL WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PLATINUM; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; META ANALYSIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RECURRENT DISEASE; SENSITIZATION; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0035828388     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(01)05965-7     Document Type: Article

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