Chemoradiation in advanced vulval carcinoma

International Journal of Gynecological Cancer

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 745-751

  Rogers, Linda J ^a,b   Howard, Bruce ^a   Van Wijk, Leon ^a   Wei, Wenbin ^b,c   Dehaeck, Katrien ^a   Soeters, Robbert ^a   Denny, Lynette A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced vulval carcinoma; Chemoradiation; Inguinal lymph node dissection; Radical vulvectomy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PANCYTOPENIA; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT RESPONSE; VULVA CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 67651027341     PISSN: 1048891X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/IGC.0b013e3181a13021     Document Type: Article

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