Radiation therapy with UFT and low dose weekly cisplatin for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 43-48

  Park, Jin Hong ^a   Soon, Yuhl Nam ^a   Lee, Sang Wook ^a   Kim, Sung Bae ^a   Sang, Yoon Kim ^a   Lee, Bong Jae ^a   Cho, Kyung Ja ^a   Jong, Hoon Kim ^a   Seung, Do Ahn ^a   Seong, Soo Shin ^a   Choi, Seung Ho ^a   Ahn, Jin Hee ^a   Eun, Kyung Choi ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation therapy; UFT

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; DEXAMETHASONE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST; UFT;

ABNORMALLY HIGH SUBSTRATE CONCENTRATION IN BLOOD; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; BODY SURFACE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DERMATITIS; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG INFUSION; DRUG RESPONSE; DRUG SAFETY; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CENTER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; LOW DRUG DOSE; LYMPH NODE IRRADIATION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; MOUTH DISEASE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; ODYNOPHAGIA; PHOTON; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SIDE EFFECT; SKIN TOXICITY; TOXICITY; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TEGAFUR; URACIL;

EID: 21044459974     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2004.09.002     Document Type: Article

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