T4 laryngeal carcinoma: Radiotherapy alone with surgery reserved for salvage

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 549-552

  Parsons, James T ^a,b   Mendenhall, William M ^a   Stringer, Scott P ^a   Cassisi, Nicholas J ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Laryngeal neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 0032006173     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00850-X     Document Type: Article

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