Concomitant weekly cisplatin and thoracic radiotherapy for pancoast tumors of the lung: Pilot experience of the San Antonio Cancer Institute

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 90-92

  Barnes, Jonathan B ^a   Johnson, Scott B ^a   Dahiya, Rajiv S ^a   Temes, R Thomas ^a   Herman, Terence S ^a   Thomas Jr , Charles R ^a  

^a Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Concomitant chemoradiation; Pancoast; Superior sulcus

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PANCOAST TUMOR; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PANCOAST'S SYNDROME; PILOT PROJECTS; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS;

EID: 0036159647     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200202000-00019     Document Type: Article

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