Gemcitabine, 5-fluorouracil, and leucovorin in advanced biliary tract and gallbladder carcinoma: A north central cancer treatment group phase II trial

Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 111-118

  Alberts, Steven R ^a   Al Khatib, Hani ^b   Mahoney, Michelle R ^a   Burgart, Lawerence ^a   Cera, Peter J ^c   Flynn, Patrick J ^d   Finch, Tom R ^e   Levitt, Ralph ^f   Windschitl, Harold E ^b,i   Knost, James A ^g   Tschetter, Loren K ^h   Salim, Muhammad ^j,k   Stella, Philip J ^l   Addo, Ferdinand ^m   Wiesenfeld, Martin ⁿ   Walsh, Daniel J ^o   Michalak, John C ^p   Mailliard, James A ^q  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b CentraCare Clinic   (United States)

^c GEISINGER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Metro Minnesota Community Clinical Oncology Program   (United States)

^e Scottsdale Comm Clin Oncol Prog   (United States)

^f MeritCare Hospital   (United States)

^g Illinois Oncology Research Association   (United States)

^h Sioux Community Cancer Consortium   (United States)

ⁱ Ann Arbor Reg Comm Clin Oncol P ^*

^j Saskatoon Cancer Center   (Canada)

^k Allan Blair Cancer Centre   (Canada)

^l Ann Arbor Reg Comm Clin Oncol P   (Canada)

^m Ann Arbor Reg Comm Clin Oncol P   (United States)

ⁿ Cedar Rapids Oncology Project CCOP   (United States)

^o ALTRU HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^p Siouxland Hematology Oncology Associates   (United States)

^q Missiouri Valley Cancer Consortium   (United States)

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Author keywords

5 fluorouracil; Cholangiocarcinoma; Gallbladder adenocarcinoma; Gemcitabine; Leucovorin

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; GEMCITABINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; THROMBOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

EID: 10844226636     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.20753     Document Type: Article

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