Preservation of function by radiotherapy of small primary carcinomas preceded by neck dissection for extensive nodal metastases of the head and neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 277-282

  Verschuur, Hendrik P ^a   Keus, Ronald B ^a   Hilgers, Frans J M ^a   Balm, Alfons J M ^a   Theo Gregor, R ^a,b  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PREOPERATIVE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0029963311     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199605/06)18:3<277::aid-hed10>3.0.co;2-8     Document Type: Article

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