Postoperative radiotherapy for malignant tumors of the parotid gland

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 79-85

  Garden, Adam S ^a   El Naggar, Adel K ^a   Morrison, William H ^a   Callender, David L ^a   Ang, K Kian ^a   Peters, Lester J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Electron beam; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Parotid gland; Wedged pair technique

Indexed keywords

COBALT 60;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COBALT THERAPY; ELECTRON BEAM; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE NECROSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHILD; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031046128     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(96)00464-6     Document Type: Article

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