Results of a phase II trial of gemcitabine plus doxorubicin in patients with recurrent head and neck cancers: serum C₁₈-ceramide as a novel biomarker for monitoring response.

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Published in Clin Cancer Res on July 26, 2011

Authors

Sahar A Saddoughi1, Elizabeth Garrett-Mayer, Uzair Chaudhary, Paul E O'Brien, Larry B Afrin, Terry A Day, M Boyd Gillespie, Anand K Sharma, Christina S Wilhoit, Robin Bostick, Can E Senkal, Yusuf A Hannun, Jacek Bielawski, George R Simon, Keisuke Shirai, Besim Ogretmen

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.

Associated clinical trials:

Gemcitabine and Doxorubicin in Treating Patients With Recurrent or Progressive Head and Neck Cancer | NCT00509665

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