Combined surgery and postoperative radiotherapy for carcinoma of the base of tongue: Analysis of treatment outcome and prognostic value of margin status

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 494-499

  Machtay, Mitchell ^a   Perch, Steven ^a   Markiewicz, Deborah ^a   Thaler, Erica ^a   Chalian, Ara ^a   Goldberg, Andrew ^a   Kligerman, Morton ^a   Weinstein, Gregory ^a  

^a HOSPITAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of tongue; Carcinoma; Margin status; Partial glossectomy; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030803994     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199709)19:6<494::aid-hed6>3.0.co;2-u     Document Type: Article

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