Phase II trial of preoperative 3D conformal radiotherapy, protracted venous infusion 5-fluorouracil, and weekly CPT-11, followed by surgery for ultrasound-staged T3 rectal cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 132-137

  Mehta, Vivek K ^a,c   Cho, Cheryl ^b   Ford, James M ^b   Jambalos, C ^b   Poen, Joseph ^a   Koong, Albert ^a   Lin, Albert ^b   Bastidas, J Augusto ^a   Young, Harvey ^a   Dunphy, Eamonn P ^a,b,c   Fisher, George ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SWEDISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

5 Fluorouracil; Chemoradiotherapy; CPT 11; Neoadjuvant; Preoperative; Protracted venous infusion; Radiotherapy; Rectal cancer

Indexed keywords

CELLS; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY; TUMORS; ULTRASONICS;

CYTOTOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

FLUOROURACIL; IRINOTECAN;

ABDOMINAL CRAMP; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG TOXICITY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE; MALE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM TUMOR; ULTRASOUND;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CAMPTOTHECIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0347298702     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)03863-4     Document Type: Article

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