Eight patients with advanced incurable salivary gland carcinoma were treated with the combination of cyclophosphamide, doxorubicin, and cisplatin (CAP). There were three clinical complete responses and two excellent partial responses. One of the three nonresponders had symptomatic improvement withou
Chemotherapy of advanced salivary gland neoplasms
β Scribed by Marshall R. Posner; Thomas J. Ervin; Ralph R. Weichselbaum; Richard L. Fabian; Daniel Miller
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1982
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 340 KB
- Volume
- 50
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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