## Abstract ## Background Radiation therapy (RT) is commonly used in the management of patients with advanced (T3βT4) oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas. In recent years, based upon the metaβanalyses of randomized trials, chemotherapy administered concurrently with RT (chemoradiotherapy) has b
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy/gefitinib followed by concurrent chemotherapy/radiation therapy/gefitinib for patients with locally advanced squamous carcinoma of the head and neck
β Scribed by John D. Hainsworth; David R. Spigel; Howard A. Burris III; Tiffanie M. Markus; Dianna Shipley; Michel Kuzur; Scott Lunin; F. Anthony Greco
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 228 KB
- Volume
- 115
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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