Palliative laser therapy for recurrent head and neck cancer: A phase II clinical study

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1277-1283

  Paiva, Marcos B ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a   Saxton, Romaine E ^a   Calcaterra, Thomas C ^a   Ward, Paul H ^a   Soudant, Jac ^b   Castro, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LASER COAGULATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; REMISSION INDUCTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0031664493     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199809000-00003     Document Type: Article

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