Pemetrexed in combination with cisplatin versus cisplatin monotherapy in East Asian patients with recurrent or metastatic head and neck cancer: Results of an exploratory subgroup analysis of a phase III trial.

Urba, Susan; Hong, Ruey-Long; Hossain, Anwar M; Cheng, Rebecca; Orlando, Mauro

Urba, Susan; Hong, Ruey-Long; Hossain, Anwar M; Cheng, Rebecca; Orlando, Mauro.

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Urba S; University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Hematology/Oncology, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.

Asia Pac J Clin Oncol ; 9(4): 331-41, 2013 Dec.

Article in En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-23442047

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Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/therapeutic use; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/drug therapy; Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/ethnology; Cisplatin/therapeutic use; Head and Neck Neoplasms/drug therapy; Head and Neck Neoplasms/ethnology; Adult; Aged; Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols/adverse effects; Asian People; Cisplatin/administration & dosage; Cisplatin/adverse effects; Double-Blind Method; Female; Glutamates/administration & dosage; Glutamates/adverse effects; Guanine/administration & dosage; Guanine/adverse effects; Guanine/analogs & derivatives; Humans; Male; Middle Aged; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/drug therapy; Neoplasm Recurrence, Local/ethnology; Pemetrexed; Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck; Survival Analysis; Treatment Outcome

Key words

cisplatin; clinical trial; head and neck neoplasm; pemetrexed; phase III

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Full text: 1 Collection: 01-internacional Database: MEDLINE Main subject: Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Cisplatin / Head and Neck Neoplasms Type of study: Clinical_trials Limits: Adult / Aged / Female / Humans / Male / Middle aged Language: En Journal: Asia Pac J Clin Oncol Journal subject: NEOPLASIAS Year: 2013 Type: Article Affiliation country: United States

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