Adult soft tissue sarcomas of the head and neck: Treatment outcome after combined surgery and irradiation or radiotherapy alone;Weichteilsarkome des Kopf-Hals-Bereichs beim Erwachsenen. Ergebnisse der kombinierten Operation und Bestrahlung und der alleinigen Strahlentherapie

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 173, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 131-135

  Willers, H ^a   Hug, E B ^b   Spiro, I J ^c   Efird, J T ^d   Rosenberg, A E ^e   Wang, C C ^f  

^a Department of Radiation Oncology ^*  (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c Harvard Cyclotron Laboratory   (United States)

^d Hermann Holthusen Institut für Strahlentherapie   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROGNOSIS; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

EID: 0030978519     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/bf03039269     Document Type: Article

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