Concurrent chemoradiation for locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina: Case series and literature review

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 335-339

  Nashiro, Tsuguhisa ^a   Yagi, Chiaki ^a   Hirakawa, Makoto ^a   Inamine, Morihiko ^a   Nagai, Yutaka ^a   Sakumoto, Kaoru ^a   Tamaki, Wakana ^a   Ogawa, Kazuhiko ^a   Toita, Takafumi ^a   Aoki, Yoichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cisplatin; Concurrent chemoradiation; Locally advanced; Squamous cell carcinoma of the vagina

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTOVAGINAL FISTULA; DERMATITIS; DISEASE COURSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VAGINA CARCINOMA;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 49749130768     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-007-0758-7     Document Type: Article

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