Phase 2 randomized controlled trial of radiation therapy plus concurrent interferon-alpha and retinoic acid versus cisplatin for stage III cervical carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 102-110

  Basu, Partha ^a   Jenson, Alfred Bennett ^b   Majhi, Tapas ^c   Choudhury, Prabir ^c   Mandal, Ranajit ^c   Banerjee, Dipanwita ^c   Biswas, Jaydip ^c   Pan, Jianmin ^b   Rai, Shesh Nath ^b   Ghim, Shin Je ^b   Miller, Donald ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE   (United States)

^c CHITTARANJAN NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; GLYCOPROTEINS; RADIATION; TOXICITY;

CERVICAL CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; INTERFERON ALPHAS; METHODS AND MATERIALS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATED VARIABLES; SYNERGISTIC ACTION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ALPHA2B INTERFERON; CISPLATIN; ISOTRETINOIN; ALPHA INTERFERON; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; RETINOIC ACID;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEVER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NAUSEA; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT RESPONSE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; VOMITING; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FEMALE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG ADMINISTRATION SCHEDULE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON-ALPHA; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; TRETINOIN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84951815939     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.09.040     Document Type: Article

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