Meta-Analyses of Chemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer (MACH-NC): An Update

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Pignon, Jean Pierre ^a   le Maître, Aurélie ^a   Bourhis, Jean ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGE FACTORS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34548428839     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.088     Document Type: Article

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