Do overall treatment time, field size, and treatment energy influence local control of T1-T2 squamous cell carcinomas of the glottic larynx?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 823-831

  Fein, Douglas A ^a   Lee, W Robert ^a   Hanlon, Alexandra L ^a   Ridge, John A ^a   Curran Jr , Walter J ^a   Coia, Lawrence R ^a  

^a FOX CHASE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal neoplasms; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029870694     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(95)02205-8     Document Type: Article

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