Adverse effect of treatment gaps in the outcome of radiotherapy for laryngeal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 203-207

  Duncan, William ^a   MacDougall, R Hugh ^a   Kerr, Gillian R ^a   Downing, Darren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Larynx cancer; Local control; Overall time; Radiotherapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT GAP;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030451474     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(96)01838-5     Document Type: Article

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