Concomitant boost radiotherapy for squamous carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 127-135

  Gwozdz, John T ^a   Morrison, William H ^a,b   Garden, Adam S ^a   Weber, Randal S ^a   Peters, Lester J ^a   Ang, K Kian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated fractionation; Concomitant boost; Radiotherapy; Tonsillar fossa

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSIMETRY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TIME FACTORS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030783017     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00291-5     Document Type: Article

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