Prophylactic treatment of mycotic mucositis in radiotherapy of patients with head and neck cancers

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 57-60

  Koc, Mehmet ^a   Aktas, Esin ^a  

^a ATATURK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimycotic prophylaxis; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUCONAZOLE; FLUZOLE; PENICILLIN G; ANTIFUNGAL AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFECTION PREVENTION; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SIDE EFFECT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; THRUSH; TREATMENT WITHDRAWAL; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS, ORAL; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; FLUCONAZOLE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 0037312301     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyg017     Document Type: Article

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