European Research on Electrochemotherapy in Head and Neck Cancer (EURECA) project: Results from the treatment of mucosal cancers

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 87, Issue , 2017, Pages 172-181

  Plaschke, Christina Caroline ^a   Bertino, Giulia ^b   McCaul, James A ^c,d   Grau, Juan J ^e   de Bree, Remco ^f,g   Sersa, Gregor ^h   Occhini, Antonio ^b   Groselj, Ales ⁱ   Langdon, Cristobal ^e   Heuveling, Derrek A ^f   Cemazar, Maja ^h   Strojan, Primoz ^h   Leemans, C Rene ^f   Benazzo, Marco ^b   De Terlizzi, Francesca ^j   Wessel, Irene ^a   Gehl, Julie ^k,l,m  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^c ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d Maxillofacial Unit London Northwest Healthcare Trust   (United Kingdom)

^e HOSPITAL CLÍNIC   (Spain)

^f VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^g UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^h INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^j IGEA Clinical Biophysics Department   (Italy)

^k UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^l UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^m ZEALAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Electrochemotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Palliative treatment; Quality of life; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PARACETAMOL; ANTINEOPLASTIC ANTIBIOTIC;

ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DRUG SAFETY; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; ELECTROPORATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL ANESTHESIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEART INFARCTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; INTERSTITIAL PNEUMONIA; LASER SURGERY; LOCAL THERAPY; MALE; MUCOSAL CANCER; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUALITY OF LIFE ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFECTS; EUROPE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; INTRALESIONAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MUCOSA; MULTICENTER STUDY; PATHOLOGY; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TIME FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; BLEOMYCIN; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; ELECTROCHEMOTHERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRALESIONAL; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTENTION TO TREAT ANALYSIS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 85034068490     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2017.10.008     Document Type: Article

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