Alternating chemotherapy and radiotherapy in locally advanced head and neck cancer: An alternative?

Oncologist

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 146-151

  Merlano, Marco ^a  

^a S CROCE E CARLE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; BLEOMYCIN SULFATE; CISPLATIN; DNA; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE; VINBLASTINE SULFATE;

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL CYCLE; CELL KILLING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOKINESIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG POTENTIATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUCOSAL DISEASE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TISSUE PRESSURE; TUMOR VOLUME; XEROSTOMIA;

CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DRUG TOXICITY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 32944474854     PISSN: 10837159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1634/theoncologist.11-2-146     Document Type: Article

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