Pretreatment oxygenation predicts radiation response in advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 31-39

  Nordsmark, Marianne ^a   Overgaard, Marie ^b   Overgaard, Jens ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Neck nodes; Polarographic oxygen electrode; Predictive assay; Radiobiological hypoxia; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tumor oxygenation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION RESPONSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0029955072     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)91811-3     Document Type: Article

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