Preliminary results of a randomized trial comparing neoadjuvant chemotherapy (cisplatin, epirubicin, bleomycin) plus radiotherapy vs. Radiotherapy alone in stage IV (≤N2, M0) undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A positive effect on progression-free survival

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 463-469

  Cvitkovic, E ^a   Eschwege, F ^a   Rahal, M ^a   Dosen, ^a   Mersic, Z ^a   Krajina, Z ^a   Armand, J P ^a   Bouhris, J ^a   Tubiana Mathieu, M ^a   Fountzilas, G ^a   Kosmidis, P A ^a   Prasad, U ^a   Ganesan, S ^a   El Gueddari, B ^a   Bachouchi, M ^a   Mansouri, A ^a   Oliveira, J ^a   Raposo, J ^a   Wierzbicki, R ^a  

^a HÔPITAL PAUL BROUSSE   (France)

Author keywords

and cisplatin (BEC); bleomycin; epirubicin; Undifferentiated nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEPHROTOXICITY; NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN MANIFESTATION;

EID: 0344915699     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)80007-1     Document Type: Article

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