High-dose cisplatin concurrent to conventionally delivered radiotherapy is associated with unacceptable toxicity in unresectable, non-metastatic stage IV head and neck squamous cell carcinoma

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 264, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1475-1482

  De Castro Jr , Gilberto ^a   Snitcovsky, Igor Moisés Longo ^a   Gebrim, Eloísa Maria Mello Santiago ^a   Leitão, Glauber Moreira ^a   Nadalin, Wladimir ^a   Ferraz, Alberto Rossetti ^a   Federico, Miriam Hatsue Honda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DERMATITIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG SAFETY; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHROCYTE TRANSFUSION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INFECTION; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MOUTH CAVITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VOMITING;

EID: 36148940637     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-007-0395-9     Document Type: Article

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