Gemcitabine-induced radiation necrosis of the pectoralis major muscle [1]

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 85-

  Horan, G ^a   Smith, S L ^b   Podd, T J ^b  

^a NORFOLK AND NORWICH UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IPSWICH HOSPITAL NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DEATH; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; EDEMA; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; PECTORALIS MAJOR MUSCLE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS;

ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PECTORALIS MUSCLES;

EID: 30344471283     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2005.07.012     Document Type: Letter

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