Concomitant chemotherapy and radiation therapy certainly improves local control

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-9

  Cooper, Jay S ^a,c   Ang, K Kian ^b  

^a MAIMONIDES MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c NY 10025 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; MITOMYCIN C;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; EDITORIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ABBREVIATIONS; DRUG THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 11144284657     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.034     Document Type: Editorial

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