Background. To investigate neck control probability and the value of nodal response at completion of alternating chemoradiotherapy, a group of 43 patients was reviewed. Methods. Patients were treated with 60 Gy alternated with four cycles of cisplatin and fluorouracil. All patients had lymph nodes
Adjuvant methotrexate in the radio-therapeutic management of advanced tumors of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Robert A. Lustig; Paul A. Demare; Dr. Simon Kramer
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1976
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 514 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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