Radiation treatment of glottic squamous cell carcinoma, stage I and II: Analysis of factors affecting prognosis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 541-548

  Franchin, Giovanni ^a   Minatel, Emilio ^a   Gobitti, Carlo ^a   Talamini, Renato ^a   Sartor, Giovanna ^a   Caruso, Giuseppe ^b   Grando, Giuseppe ^b   Politi, Doriano ^b   Gigante, Marco ^a   Toffoli, Giuseppe ^a   Trovò, Mauro G ^a   Barzan, Luigi ^b  

^a CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^b S MARIA DEGLI ANGELI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Early glottic carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032006194     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00768-2     Document Type: Article

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