Decreased acute toxicity by using midline mucosa-sparing blocks during radiation therapy for carcinoma of the oral cavity, oropharynx, and nasopharynx

Radiology

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 1995, Pages 863-866

  Perch, Steven J ^a,b   Machtay, Mitchell ^a   Markiewicz, Deborah A ^a   Kligerman, Morton M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b Leigh Valley Health Network   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms, therapeutic radiology; Radiations, injurious effects, complications of therapeutic radiology; Radiations, protective and therapeutic agents and devices

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SICKNESS; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0028804133     PISSN: 00338419     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1148/radiology.197.3.7480771     Document Type: Article

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