HIV-associated anal squamous cell cancer: An otherwise preventable disease

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 27, 2006, Pages 4516-4517

  Konstantinopoulos, Panagiotis A ^a   Schlecht, Hans P ^a   Bryan, Bradley ^a   Pantanowitz, Liron ^a   Dezube, Bruce J ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; MITOMYCIN C; PACLITAXEL; PROTEINASE INHIBITOR; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CASE REPORT; COLOSTOMY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGITAL RECTAL EXAMINATION; HIGHLY ACTIVE ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; ANUS TUMOR; FATALITY; HOMOSEXUALITY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; VIROLOGY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY, HIGHLY ACTIVE; ANUS NEOPLASMS; CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COLOSTOMY; FATAL OUTCOME; FLUOROURACIL; HIV INFECTIONS; HOMOSEXUALITY, MALE; HUMANS; LAPAROTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; PACLITAXEL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT;

EID: 33749079377     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2006.06.2224     Document Type: Article

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