Postoperative accelerated radiotherapy in high-risk squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Long-term results of a prospective trial

Head and Neck

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 119-123

  Trotti, Andy ^a   Klotch, Douglas ^a   Endicott, James ^a   Ridley, Marion ^a   Cantor, Alan ^a  

^a H LEE MOFFITT CANCER CENTER AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Fractionation; Head and neck; High risk; Late effects; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKIN IRRITATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MOUTH MUCOSA; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RISK FACTORS; SKIN; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0031931595     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199803)20:2<119::AID-HED4>3.0.CO;2-5     Document Type: Article

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