Adjuvant chemoradiation for gastric cancer using epirubicin, cisplatin, and 5-fluorouracil before and after three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy with concurrent infusional 5-fluorouracil: A multicenter study of the trans-tasman radiation oncology group

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 690-695

  Leong, Trevor ^a   Joon, Daryl Lim ^b   Willis, David ^a   Jayamoham, Jayasingham ^c   Spry, Nigel ^d   Harvey, Jennifer ^e   Di Iulio, Juliana ^a   Milner, Alvin ^a   Mann, G Bruce ^a   Michael, Michael ^a  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^e PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adjuvant therapy; Chemoradiotherapy; ECF; Gastric cancer

Indexed keywords

5-FLUOROURACIL; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BEFORE AND AFTER; CHEMORADIATION; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CIS-PLATIN; COOPERATIVE GROUPS; ECF; EPIRUBICIN; GASTRIC CANCERS; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITIES; MULTICENTER STUDY; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY TREATMENT; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CONFORMAL RADIOTHERAPY;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; PLATINUM COMPOUNDS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIARRHEA; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DYSPHAGIA; FATIGUE; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RADIATION INJURY; SIDE EFFECT; STOMACH CANCER; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; AUSTRALIA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79551486664     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.11.042     Document Type: Article

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