Randomized trial of antioxidant vitamins to prevent acute adverse effects of radiation therapy in head and neck cancer patients

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 5805-5813

  Bairati, Isabelle ^a   Meyer, François ^a   Gélinas, Michel ^a   Fortin, André ^a   Nabid, Abdenour ^a   Brochet, François ^a   Mercier, Jean Philippe ^a   Têtu, Bernard ^a   Harel, François ^a   Abdous, Belkacem ^a   Vigneault, Éric ^a   Vass, Sylvie ^a   Del Vecchio, Pierre ^a   Roy, Jean ^a  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA TOCOPHEROL; ANTIOXIDANT; BETA CAROTENE; PLACEBO; VITAMIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX INJURY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SKIN DISCOLORATION; SKIN YELLOWING; SLEEP DISORDER; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION; ACUTE DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SURVIVAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ALPHA-TOCOPHEROL; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIOXIDANTS; BETA CAROTENE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 24944500925     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.514     Document Type: Article

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