A phase II trial of radiation therapy and weekly cisplatin chemotherapy for the treatment of locally-advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the vulva: A gynecologic oncology group study

Gynecologic Oncology

Volumn 124, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 529-533

  Moore, David H ^a   Ali, Shamshad ^b   Koh, Wui Jin ^c   Michael, Helen ^d   Barnes, MacK N ^e   McCourt, Carolyn K ^f   Homesley, Howard D ^g   Walker, Joan L ^h  

^a Gynecologic Oncology of Indiana   (United States)

^b Buffalo Niagara Enterprise   (United States)

^c Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^d INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^f WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Radiation therapy; Surgery; Vulva cancer

Indexed keywords

AMIFOSTINE; CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INGUINAL LYMPH NODE; KIDNEY DISEASE; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METABOLIC DISORDER; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA OF THE VULVA; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT REFUSAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR BIOPSY; VULVA CARCINOMA; VULVECTOMY;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY; VULVAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84856696176     PISSN: 00908258     EISSN: 10956859     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.11.003     Document Type: Article

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