Predictive value of potential doubling time in head and neck cancer patients treated by conventional radiotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 677-683

  Zackrisson, Björn ^a   Gustafsson, Hans ^a   Stenling, Roger ^a   Flygare, Petra ^a   Wilson, George D ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b MOUNT VERNON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; T(pot)

Indexed keywords

IDOXURIDINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEUPLOIDY; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL KINETICS; CELL PROLIFERATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEUPLOIDY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL DIVISION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 0030793149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00066-7     Document Type: Article

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