The impact of temporary iodine-125 interstitial implant boost in the primary management of squamous cell carcinoma of the oropharynx

Head and Neck

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 219-226

  Horwitz, Eric M ^a   Frazier, Arthur J ^a   Vicini, Frank A ^a   Clarke, Daniel H ^b   Edmundson, Gregory K ^a   Keidan, Richard D ^a   Gustafson, Gary S ^a   Dmuchowski, Cari F ^a   Martinez, Alvaro A ^a  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Northern Virginia Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

brachytherapy; iodine 125; oropharyngeal neoplasms; radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

IODINE 125;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030999741     PISSN: 01486403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1097-0347(199705)19:3<219::aid-hed10>3.0.co;2-6     Document Type: Article

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