Background. To investigate neck control probability and the value of nodal response at completion of alternating chemoradiotherapy, a group of 43 patients was reviewed. Methods. Patients were treated with 60 Gy alternated with four cycles of cisplatin and fluorouracil. All patients had lymph nodes
Targeted chemoradiation for advanced head and neck cancer: Analysis of 213 patients
โ Scribed by K. Thomas Robbins; Parves Kumar; Frank S. H. Wong; William F. Hartsell; Pamela Flick; Robert Palmer; Alva B. Weir III; H. Barry Neill; Thomas Murry; Robert Ferguson; Catherine Hanchett; Francisco Vieira; Andrew Bush; Stephen B. Howell
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2000
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 96 KB
- Volume
- 22
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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