Induction (proto) chemotherapy consisting of 3 courses of cisplatin and 120-hour 5-fluorouracil infusion was administered to 88 patients who had locally advanced, previously untreated head and neck cancer. The majority (81%) of these patients were classified as stage IV, and 17% had second primary c
Impairment of monocyte functions in advanced head and neck cancer
β Scribed by Olivier Garraud; Alain Faucher; Elisabeth Legrand
- Book ID
- 104177003
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1988
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 362 KB
- Volume
- 18
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0165-2478
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