Adjuvant radiotherapy following neck dissection and parotidectomy for metastatic malignant melanoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 589-594

  O'Brien, Christopher J ^a   Petersen Schaefer, Karin ^a   Stevens, Graham N ^a   Bass, Peter C ^a   Tew, Pohjin ^a   Gebski, Val J ^c   Thompson, John F ^a,b   McCarthy, William H ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Metastatic malignant melanoma; Neck dissection; Parotidectomy; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MELANOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MELANOMA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030885970     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199710)19:7<589::AID-HED5>3.0.CO;2-3     Document Type: Article

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