Comparison of the long term results of brachytherapy for T1-2N0 oral tongue cancer treated with Ir-192 and Ra-226

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 4 A, 1997, Pages 2819-2822

  Yamazaki, Hideya ^a,b   Inoue, Takehiro ^a   Koizumi, Masahiko ^a   Yoshida, Ken ^a   Kagawa, Kazufumi ^a   Shiomi, Hiroya ^a   Nose, Taxayuki ^b   Tanaka, Eiichi ^b   Teshima, Teruki ^b   Nakamura, Hironobu ^b   Shimizutani, Kimishige ^b   Furukawa, Souhei ^c   Fuchihata, Hajime ^c   Inoue, Toshihiko ^a  

^a Biomedical Research Center   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Oral tongue cancer; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIUM; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030857239     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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