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The management of patients undergoing synchronous combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 June 2007

B. M. Laskiewicz
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Summary

This paper describes the management of patients undergoing synchronous combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy at King's College Hospital. It is based on the experience of treating 96 patients with carcinoma of the head and neck between 1974–1978.

A detailed account is given of the method of conducting the treatment. The routine assessment, investigations and follow-up are described, together with the complications due to individual drugs and general effects of combined therapy and their management. Great stress is laid on the need for active, intensive nursing care of these patients.

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Research Article
Information
The Journal of Laryngology & Otology , Volume 96 , Issue 3 , March 1982 , pp. 265 - 276
Copyright
Copyright © JLO (1984) Limited 1982

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