Impact of weight loss on survival after chemoradiation for locally advanced head and neck Cancer: Secondary results of a randomized phase III trial (SAKK 10/94)

Radiation Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Ghadjar, Pirus ^a   Hayoz, Stefanie ^b   Zimmermann, Frank ^c   Bodis, Stephan ^d   Kaul, David ^a   Badakhshi, Harun ^a   Bernier, Jacques ^e   Studer, Gabriela ^f   Plasswilm, Ludwig ^g   Budach, Volker ^a   Aebersold, Daniel M ^h  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b SWISS GROUP FOR CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH SAKK   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^d CANTONAL HOSPITAL AARAU   (Switzerland)

^e CLINIQUE DE GENOLIER   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^g CANTONAL HOSPITAL ST GALLEN   (Switzerland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Cisplatin; Head and neck cancer; Hyperfractionated radiation therapy; Malnutrition; Survival; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LOCAL RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); TREATMENT FAILURE; WEIGHT REDUCTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; WEIGHT LOSS;

EID: 84924226215     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1748717X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13014-014-0319-y     Document Type: Article

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