Feasibility and efficacy of accelerated weekly concomitant boost postoperative radiation therapy combined with concomitant chemotherapy in patients with locally advanced head and neck cancer

Annals of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1337-1343

  Pehlivan, Berrin ^a   Luthi, Francois ^a   Matzinger, Oscar ^a   Betz, Michael ^a   Dragusanu, Daniela ^a   Bulling, Shelley ^a   Bron, Luc ^a   Pasche, Philippe ^a   Seelentag, Walter ^a   Mirimanoff, René O ^a   Zouhair, Abderrahim ^a   Ozsahin, Mahmut ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEPHROTOXICITY; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT DURATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 64249098027     PISSN: 10689265     EISSN: 15344681     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1245/s10434-009-0426-4     Document Type: Article

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