A four-drug combination chemotherapy (bleomycin-methotrexate-vinblastine-CCNU) had been used in 38 evaluable patients with recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck region on an outpatient basis. A large number of these patients had carcinoma of the oral cavity (45% of total). Nineteen
Desmoid tumors of the head and neck—A clinical study of a rare entity
✍ Scribed by Axel Hoos; Jonathan J. Lewis; Marshall J. Urist; Ashok R. Shaha; William G. Hawkins; Jatin P. Shah; Murray F. Brennan
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 181 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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