Chemoradiation using low-dose cisplatin and 5-fluorouracil in locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the skin: A report of two cases

Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology

Volumn 55, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2006, Pages

  Fujisawa, Yasuhiro ^a   Umebayashi, Yoshihiro ^a   Ichikawa, Eiko ^a   Kawachi, Yasuhiro ^a   Otsuka, Fujio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CASE REPORT; CHEMORADIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN GRAFT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULCER;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33749677314     PISSN: 01909622     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2005.12.035     Document Type: Article

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