Fractionated high-dose-rate and pulsed-dose-rate brachytherapy: First clinical experience in squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa and soft palate

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 497-506

  Levendag, Peter C ^a   Schmitz, Paul I M ^a   Jansen, Peter P ^a   Senan, Suresh ^a   Eijkenboom, Wilhelmina M H ^a   Sipkema, D ^a   Meeuwis, Cees A ^a   Kolkman Deurloo, Inger Karine ^a   Visser, Andries G ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Dose response; External beam radiotherapy; Head and neck; High dose rate; Pulsed dose rate; Radiotherapy; Soft palate; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CANCER;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030793182     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00046-1     Document Type: Article

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