Induction chemotherapy followed by concurrent chemoradiotherapy vs concurrent chemoradiotherapy followed by chemotherapy in the treatment of patients with advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Phillippine Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-7

  Ruste, Sherry Athena ^a   Dizon, Danilo S ^b   Ramirez, Francis ^b   Sagpao, Christine ^b   Tiangco, Beatrice ^b   Fragante, Edilberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES MANILA   (Philippines)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Chemotherapy; Nasopharyngeal cancer; Radiotherapy; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CREATININE; FLUOROURACIL; FUROSEMIDE; MANNITOL; METOCLOPRAMIDE; SEROTONIN ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DESQUAMATION; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEUKOPENIA; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PILOT STUDY; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SIDE EFFECT; STOMATITIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TASTE ALTERATION; THERAPY DELAY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 82355188250     PISSN: 01199641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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