Complete response of a pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma to chemoradiotherapy

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 74-77

  Shibagaki, Kotaro ^a   Fujita, Koichi ^a   Nakayama, Shinji ^a   Takenaka, Mamoru ^a   Fukuba, Nobuhiko ^a   Matsui, Saori ^a   Ozaka, Masato ^a   Yoshinaga, Hiroshi ^a   Masuzawa, Akira ^a   Watanabe, Akihiko ^a   Fujiwara, Hitoshi ^a   Sugawara, Atsushi ^a   Fujita, Tsuyoshi ^a   Mukai, Hidekazu ^a   Kinoshita, Yoshikazu ^b  

^a YODOGAWA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b SHIMANE UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Complete response; Pancreatic adenosquamous carcinoma

Indexed keywords

5 CHLORO 2,4 DIHYDROXYPYRIDINE PLUS OXONATE POTASSIUM PLUS TEGAFUR; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INHIBITION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LABORATORY TEST; LOW BACK PAIN; LOW DRUG DOSE; PANCREAS CARCINOMA; PANCREATIC ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, ADENOSQUAMOUS; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 40149096964     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0690-x     Document Type: Article

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