Chemotherapy in the management of malignant gastrointestinal disease

V Canfield; J E Mortimer

Chemotherapy in the management of malignant gastrointestinal disease

Gastroenterol Clin North Am. 1992 Sep;21(3):695-714.

Authors

V Canfield¹, J E Mortimer

Affiliation

¹ Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri.

PMID: 1516963

Abstract

Malignancies arising from the gastrointestinal tract represent a diversity of histologies and natural history. The role of chemotherapy in the multidisciplinary approach to these malignancies is reviewed in this article.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Antineoplastic Agents / therapeutic use*
Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
Chemotherapy, Adjuvant
Clinical Trials as Topic
Combined Modality Therapy
Digestive System Neoplasms / drug therapy
Digestive System Neoplasms / mortality
Digestive System Neoplasms / therapy
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / drug therapy*
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / mortality
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms / therapy
Humans
Survival Rate

Substances

Antineoplastic Agents