Postoperative radiotherapy in head and neck carcinoma with extracapsular lymph node extension and/or positive resection margins: A comparative study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1992, Pages 737-742

  Huang, David T ^a   Johnson, Christopher R ^a   Schmidt Ullrich, Rupert ^a   Grimes, Margaret ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extracapsular extension; Positive resection margin; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAD CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK CANCER; NECK METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026653172     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(92)90646-Y     Document Type: Article

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