Role of mitomycin in combination with fluorouracil and radiotherapy, and of salvage chemoradiation in the definitive nonsurgical treatment of epidermoid carcinoma of the anal canal: Results of a phase III randomized intergroup study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 2527-2539

  Flam, M ^a   John, M ^a   Pajak, T F ^a   Petrelli, N ^a   Myerson, R ^a   Doggett, S ^a   Quivey, J ^a   Rotman, M ^a   Kerman, H ^a   Coia, L ^a   Murray, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; AGED; ANUS CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COLOSTOMY; DRUG EFFICACY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TOXICITY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECTUM BIOPSY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 9544252934     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1996.14.9.2527     Document Type: Article

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