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- noun medicine a combination of
chemotherapy andradiation
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But the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group set out to investigate whether a combination of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy - or 'chemoradiation' - might be more effective than radiotherapy alone, as well as the best ways of combining the two treatments.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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But the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group set out to investigate whether a combination of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy - or 'chemoradiation' - might be more effective than radiotherapy alone, as well as the best ways of combining the two treatments.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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But the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group set out to investigate whether a combination of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy - or 'chemoradiation' - might be more effective than radiotherapy alone, as well as the best ways of combining the two treatments.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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But the UK Head and Neck (UKHAN) cancer group set out to investigate whether a combination of both radiotherapy and chemotherapy - or 'chemoradiation' - might be more effective than radiotherapy alone, as well as the best ways of combining the two treatments.
THE MEDICAL NEWS 2009
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After a follow-up of over eight years, the study found that only 41 patients in the synchronous chemoradiation group had suffered recurrence, compared with 63 patients in the group who had standard chemotherapy followed by radiation treatment.
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The double treatment, known as synchronous chemoradiation, could also save lives among people with breast cancer, a disease that currently kills 425,000 women a year worldwide, according to the British experts who conducted a major scientific study.
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In addition, it is currently undertaking phase two clinical trials for SCV-07, a drug to delay the onset of oral mucositis inflammation of the mucous membrane in the mouth caused by chemoradiation therapy treatment cancer in the head and neck.
unknown title 2011
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Nimotuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody in development worldwide, targeting multiple tumor types primarily in combination with radiation and chemoradiation.
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Nimotuzumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody in development worldwide, targeting multiple tumor types primarily in combination with radiation and chemoradiation.
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Varadhachary GR, Wolff RA, Crane CH, Sun CC, Lee JE, et al. (2008) Preoperative gemcitabine and cisplatin followed by gemcitabine-based chemoradiation for resectable adenocarcinoma of the pancreatic head.
PLoS Medicine: New Articles Jeran K. Stratford et al. 2010
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