Neoadjuvant chemotherapy for locally advanced cervical cancer

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 17, 2003, Pages 2419-2421

  Timotheadou, E ^a   Gore, M E ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; GEMCITABINE; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; NAVELBINE; PROTEIN TYROSINE KINASE INHIBITOR; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0242299698     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00578-1     Document Type: Editorial

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