The management of the clinically positive neck as part of a larynx preservation approach

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1993, Pages 759-765

  Armstrong, J ^a   Pfister, D ^a   Strong, E ^a   Heimann, R ^a   Kraus, D ^a   Polishook, A ^a   Zelefsky, M ^a   Bosl, G ^a   Shah, J ^a   Spiro, R ^a   Harrison, L ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Larynx cancer; Larynx preservation; Neck node metastases; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; VINBLASTINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NECK DISSECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0027170993     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(93)90489-I     Document Type: Article

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