Altered fractionation in radiation therapy for squamous-cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Cancer Investigation

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 594-603

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,b   Parsons, James T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER LOCALIZATION; DOSIMETRY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0031796081     PISSN: 07357907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07357909809032890     Document Type: Review

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