Myelopathy after radiation therapy and chemotherapy with capecitabine and gemcitabine

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 596-598

  Barstis, John L ^a,b   Black, Alexander C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UCLA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Capecitabine; Chemotherapy; Gemcitabine; Myelopathy; Radiation

Indexed keywords

CAPECITABINE; GEMCITABINE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SPINAL CORD DISEASE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEOXYCYTIDINE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIATION-SENSITIZING AGENTS; SPINAL CORD DISEASES;

EID: 33344460454     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07357900500283069     Document Type: Article

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