Concomitant radiochemotherapy or accelerated radiotherapy: Analysis of two randomized trials of the French Head and Neck Cancer Group (GORTEC)

Seminars in Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 822-826

  Bourhis, J ^a   Calais, G ^b   Lapeyre, M ^c   Tortochaux, J ^d   Alfonsi, M ^e   Sire, C ^f   Bardet, E ^g   Rives, M ^h   Bergerot, P ⁱ   Rhein, B ^j   Desprez, B ^k  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^c Centre Vautrin   (France)

^d Clermont Ferrand   (France)

^e INSTITUT SAINTE CATHERINE   (France)

^f CENTRE HOSPITALIER   (France)

^g Centre Gauducheau   (France)

^h CENTRE VAL D AURELLE   (France)

ⁱ INSTITUT CLAUDIUS REGAUD   (France)

^j Centre Dolet   (France)

^k France   (France)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; APHAGIA; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUCOSAL NECROSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; MYELITIS; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; REVIEW; SIDE EFFECT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOOTH DISEASE;

EID: 10044253350     PISSN: 00937754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.seminoncol.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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