Procarbazine, CCNU, vincristine combination in the treatment of brain tumors

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 228-231

  Güllü, Ibrahim H ^a,b   Çelik, Ismail ^a   Tekuzman, Gülten ^a   Altunbaş, Mustafa ^a   Güler, Nilüfer ^a   Barişta, Ibrahim ^a   Alkiş, Necati ^a   Yalçin, Şuayip ^a   Kars, Ayşe ^a   Baltali, Eşmen ^a   Kansu, Emin ^a   Firat, Dinçer ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Turan Gunes Bulvari   (Turkey)

Author keywords

brain tumors; combination chemotherapy

Indexed keywords

LOMUSTINE; PROCARBAZINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW SUPPRESSION; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEUTROPENIA; THROMBOCYTOPENIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOMUSTINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROCARBAZINE; PROGNOSIS; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 8944239400     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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