Neoadjuvant chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemo-radiation therapy in locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 508-513

  Al Amro, Abdullah ^a   Al Rajhi, Nasser ^a   Khafaga, Yasser ^a   Memon, Mohammad ^a   Al Hebshi, Adnan ^a   El Enbabi, Ashraf ^a   El Husseiny, Gamal ^a   Radawi, Amer ^a   Belal, Abdulaziz ^a   Allam, Ayman ^a   El Sebaie, Medhat ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Locally advanced; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; PATIENT TREATMENT; PLATINUM; RADIOTHERAPY; SKIN;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATINUM RADIOTHERAPY; PARTIAL REMISSION; SKIN REACTIONS;

CHEMOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG FATALITY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFECTION; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 21044441400     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.09.050     Document Type: Article

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