Concomitant chemo-radiotherapy in the treatment of locally advanced and/or metastatic soft tissue sarcomas: Experience of the National Cancer Institute of Genoa

Oncology Reports

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 641-647

  Toma, Salvatore ^a   Canavese, Giuseppe ^a   Grimaldi, Andrea ^c   Ravera, Giambattista ^b   Ugolini, Donatella ^a   Percivale, Pierluigi ^a   Badellino, Fausto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Clinical trials phase II; Doxorubicin; Human radiotherapy; Neoplasm metastasis; Sarcoma; Soft tissue neoplasms

Indexed keywords

DOXORUBICIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION DOSE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOXORUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0642314327     PISSN: 1021335X     EISSN: 17912431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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