High dose tamoxifen plus cisplatin and etoposide in the treatment of patients with advanced, inoperable nonsmall cell lung carcinoma
โ Scribed by Chih-Hsin Yang; Ann-Lii Cheng; Kun-Huei Yeh; Chong-Jen Yu; Jing-Fang Lin; Pan-Chyr Yang
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 74 KB
- Volume
- 86
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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โฆ Synopsis
BACKGROUND.
Tamoxifen sensitizes cancer cells to chemotherapeutic agents. High dose tamoxifen has been tested in the treatment of patients with melanoma and other cancers. The authors conducted a Phase II study of high dose tamoxifen plus cisplatin and etoposide for patients with advanced, inoperable nonsmall cell lung carcinoma.
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