Post-operative brachytherapy: A prognostic factor for local control in epidermoid carcinomas of the mouth floor

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 243-246

  Lapeyre, M ^a   Peiffert, D ^a   Hoffstetter, S ^a   Pernot, M ^a   Dolivet, G ^a   Simon, C ^a,b   Chassagne, J F ^a   Bey, P ^a  

^a CENTRE ALEXIS VAUTRIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Carcinoma of the mouth floor; Head and neck surgery; Positive or narrow margins; Post operative

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0030743740     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(97)92484-7     Document Type: Article

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