Efficacy of induction chemoradiotherapy in thymic cancer: Report of a successful case and review of the literature

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 201-204

  Morio, Atsushi ^a   Nakahara, Kazuki ^a   Ohse, Yoshio ^a   Tahara, Minoru ^a   Goto, Takeshi ^a   Yakumaru, Kazuhiro ^a   Korenaga, Tatheo ^a  

^a TOKYO TEISHIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

CDDP paclitaxel combination chemoradiotherapy; Induction therapy; Thymic cancer

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; PACLITAXEL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERANCE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; REMISSION; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CASE REPORT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; PACLITAXEL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; REMISSION INDUCTION; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035985913     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s101470200030     Document Type: Article

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