Factors affecting mandibular complications in low dose rate brachytherapy for oral tongue carcinoma with special reference to spacer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 763-770

  Miura, Masahiko ^a   Takeda, Masamune ^a   Sasaki, Takehito ^a   Inoue, Takahiro ^a   Nakayama, Takeo ^a   Fukuda, Hozumi ^a   Hoshi, Akihiko ^a   Hoshina, Masao ^a   Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Absorbed dose; Biological effective dose; Brachytherapy; Dose rate; Late response; Oral tongue carcinoma; Osteoradionecrosis; Spacer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBLE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MANDIBULAR DISEASES; MIDDLE AGED; OSTEORADIONECROSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION PROTECTION; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE BIOLOGICAL EFFECTIVENESS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0031803826     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00118-7     Document Type: Article

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