Radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the supraglottic larynx: An alternative to surgery

Head and Neck

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 24-35

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,b   Parsons, James T ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^a   Stringer, Scott P ^a   Cassisi, Nicholas J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0030030861     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199601/02)18:1<24::aid-hed4>3.0.co;2-0     Document Type: Article

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