Amphotericin B Lozengers: Prophylaxis for esophagitis in thoracic radiotherapy : ae study

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 185, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 512-516

  Wurstbauer, Karl ^b   Merz, Florian ^c   Sedlmayer, Felix ^a  

^a University Clinic of Radiation Oncology   (Austria)

^b Universitätsklinik für Radiotherapie und Radioonkologie Landeskrankenhaus Salzburg Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität   (Austria)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Amphotericin B; Esophagitis; Esophagitis prophylaxis; Lung cancer; Thoracic radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG TOLERABILITY; ESOPHAGITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MALE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION DOSE; THORAX;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADULT; AGED; AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; CANDIDIASIS; CARCINOMA, NON-SMALL-CELL LUNG; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; ESOPHAGITIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 68349130387     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-009-1938-3     Document Type: Article

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