Treatment of head and neck cancer in elderly patients: State of the art and guidelines

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 71-80

  Bernardi, Daniele ^a   Barzan, Luigi ^b   Franchin, Giovanni ^a   Cinelli, Roberta ^a   Balestreri, Luca ^a   Tirelli, Umberto ^a   Vaccher, Emanuela ^a  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Elderly; Head and neck; Review

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GRANULOCYTE MACROPHAGE COLONY STIMULATING FACTOR; RECOMBINANT ERYTHROPOIETIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART MUSCLE ISCHEMIA; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MOUTH ULCER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 10644225297     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2004.08.001     Document Type: Review

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