Efficacy of Yanshu injection (a compound Chinese traditional medicine) combined with concurrent radiochemotherapy in patients with stage III nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Chinese Journal of Oncology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 391-394

  Wei, Rui ^a   Yang, Ding Yi ^a   Jiang, Wu Zhong ^a   Dai, You Yi ^a   Wan, Long Yun ^a   Yang, Zhen ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compound kushen injection; Nasopharygeal neoplasms; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CHINESE DRUG; SOPHORA FLAVESCENS EXTRACT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YANSHU;

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHINESE MEDICINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH MUCOSA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; QUALITY OF LIFE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUGS, CHINESE HERBAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MEDICINE, CHINESE TRADITIONAL; MUCOSITIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PACLITAXEL; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SOPHORA; SURVIVAL RATE; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

EID: 80053428099     PISSN: 02533766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0253-3766.2011.05.020     Document Type: Article

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