Continuous intra-arterial infusion chemotherapy as a palliative treatment for oral squamous cell carcinoma in octogenarian or older patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 559-563

  Wu, Chih Fung ^a   Huang, Chih Jen ^b   Chang, Kao Ping ^a   Chen, Chun Ming ^c  

^a KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Elderly; Intra arterial infusion therapy; Methotrexate; Oral cancer; Oral squamous cell carcinoma; Palliative treatment

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE;

AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETERIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DRUG TOLERABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; LIP CARCINOMA; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; ODYNOPHAGIA; PAIN; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RASH; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRA-ARTERIAL; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77953359381     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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