Comparative evaluation of triplet antiemetic schedule versus doublet antiemetic schedule in chemotherapy-induced emesis in head and neck cancer patients
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Comparative evaluation of triplet antiemetic schedule versus doublet antiemetic schedule in chemotherapy-induced emesis in head and neck cancer patients
PURPOSE To compare the antiemetic combination of palonosetron, dexamethasone, and aprepitant (PDA) with antiemetic combination of ondansetron and dexamethasone (OD) in head and neck cancer patients receiving docetaxel, carboplatin, and 5-FU based chemotherapy. METHODS Sixty previously untreated patients were randomly divided into two groups of thirty patients each. The PDA group received a co...
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عنوان ژورنال: ecancermedicalscience
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1754-6605
DOI: 10.3332/ecancer.2015.567