Simultaneous radiochemotherapy for recurrent and metastatic breast carcinoma: Evaluation of two treatment concepts

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-407

  Plasswilm, Ludwig ^a   Heinrich Seegenschmiedt, M ^a   Ganssauge, Friederike ^a   Sauer, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advanced, recurrent, and metastatic breast cancer; Chemotherapy; Clinical trial; Concomitant radiochemotherapy; Quality of life; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARDIOTOXICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; LUNG TOXICITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NEPHROTOXICITY; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PHASE 1 CLINICAL TRIAL; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SKIN TOXICITY; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ANTIBIOTICS, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTIMETABOLITES, ANTINEOPLASTIC; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MASTECTOMY; METHOTREXATE; MITOMYCIN; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY; REMISSION INDUCTION;

EID: 8944248276     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199608000-00018     Document Type: Article

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