Pretreatment and midtreatment measurement of Oxygen tension levels in head and neck cancers

Laryngoscope

Volumn 108, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1856-1860

  Gabalski, Edward C ^a   Adam, Markus ^a   Pinto, Harlan ^a,b   Brown, J Martin ^a   Bloch, Daniel A ^a   Terris, David J ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; OXYGEN; TIRAPAZAMINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; HYPOXIA; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; OXYGEN TISSUE LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0031793742     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-199812000-00017     Document Type: Article

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