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Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for basal cell carcinomas of the he...

Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for basal cell carcinomas of the he...

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Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for basal cell carcinomas of the head and neck: First clinical experience with vismodegib for locally advanced disease

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Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for basal cell carcinomas of the head and neck: First clinical experience with vismodegib for locally advanced disease

Publisher

Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

Journal title

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie, 2016-01, Vol.192 (1), p.25-31

Language

English

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Berlin/Heidelberg: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Contents

Background
Definitive radiotherapy and vismodegib, an oral inhibitor of the hedgehog pathway, are both established treatment options for locally advanced basal cell carcinomas (BCC). Both have shown good results in local tumor control; however, the effects concerning advanced tumors are often not of a lasting nature and to date no systematic dat...

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Full title

Hedgehog pathway inhibitor in combination with radiation therapy for basal cell carcinomas of the head and neck: First clinical experience with vismodegib for locally advanced disease

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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1785745252

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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1785745252

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ISSN

0179-7158

E-ISSN

1439-099X

DOI

10.1007/s00066-015-0902-7

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