Tirapazamine, cisplatin, and radiation versus fluorouracil, cisplatin, and radiation in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer: A randomized phase II trial of the Trans-Tasman Radiation Oncology Group (TROG 98.02)

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 79-87

  Rischin, Danny ^a   Peters, Lester ^b   Fisher, Richard ^b   Macann, Andrew ^b   Denham, Jim ^b   Poulsen, Michael ^b   Jackson, Michael ^b   Kenny, Lizbeth ^b   Penniment, Michael ^b   Carry, June ^b   Lamb, David ^b   McClure, Bev ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; TIRAPAZAMINE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIMETABOLITE; TRIAZINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIOTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; RADIOTHERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TRIAZINES;

EID: 16644377045     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.01.072     Document Type: Article

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