Small-field radiotherapy in combination with concomitant chemotherapy for locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 327-330

  Tokuuye, Koichi ^a,b   Sumi, Minako ^a   Kagami, Yoshikazu ^a   Murayama, Shigeyuki ^a   Ikeda, Hiroshi ^a   Ikeda, Masafumi ^a   Okusaka, Takuji ^a   Ueno, Hideki ^a   Okada, Shuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Pancreatic carcinoma; Radiation field

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037966392     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00118-X     Document Type: Article

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