Applying radiobiological principles to combined modality treatment of head and neck cancer - The time factor

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 831-836

  Peters, Lester J ^a   Withers, H Rodney ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined modality treatment; Head and neck cancer; Protocol optimization; Time factor; Tumor cell regeneration

Indexed keywords

ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CELL REGENERATION; CLONAL ANERGY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; META ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOBIOLOGY; TISSUE INJURY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL;

CELL DIVISION; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; CLINICAL TRIALS, PHASE III; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0030689630     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00466-5     Document Type: Article

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