Palliative low dose fortnightly methotrexate in oral cancers: Experience at a rural cancer centre from India

Palliative low dose fortnightly methotrexate in oral cancers: Experience at a rural cancer centre from India

Context: Palliative fortnightly chemotherapy in oral cancers. Aims: We present our experience with a regimen employing fortnightly (once in 2 weeks) injectable methotrexate (MTX) (40 mg/m 2 ) in a predominantly elderly cohort of patients with carcinoma of oral cavity and oropharynx. Settings and Des...

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Main Authors: Santam Chakraborty, M Geetha, K M Sujith, M S Biji, B Sateeshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2014-01-01
Series:South Asian Journal of Cancer
Subjects:
Methotrexate
oral cancer
palliative chemotherapy
squamous cell cancers
Online Access:http://journal.sajc.org/article.asp?issn=2278-330X;year=2014;volume=3;issue=3;spage=166;epage=170;aulast=Chakraborty

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