Comparison of acute toxicities of two chemotherapy schedules for head and neck cancers

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 100-104

  Geeta, S N ^a   Padmanabhan, T K ^a   Samuel, J ^a   Pavithran, K ^a   Iyer, S ^a   Kuriakose, M A ^a  

^a AMRITA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Chemo radiation; Head and neck cancer; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749189516     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 09731482     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.27584     Document Type: Article

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