## Abstract ## Background. The purpose of this study was to study the effect of intensive targeted chemoradiation in a group of patients with head and neck cancer with stage IV inoperable disease. ## Methods. We examined 79 patients with inoperable stage IV head and neck cancer receiving intraβa
Intra-arterial cisplatin and concomitant radiation for inoperable head and neck cancer
β Scribed by C. Rasch; I.B. Tan; L. Schultze-Kool; J. Schornagel
- Book ID
- 117657896
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 166 KB
- Volume
- 37
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0959-8049
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