Adjuvant radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the tongue base: Improved local-regional disease control compared with surgery alone

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 371-377

  Nisi, Kurt W ^a   Foote, Robert L ^a   Bonner, James A ^a   McCaffrey, Thomas V ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjuvant; Carcinoma; Oropharynx; Radiotherapy; Tongue base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0032076949     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00059-5     Document Type: Article

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