Variations in tumour oxygen tension (pO2) during accelerated radiotherapy of head and neck garcinoma

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 856-861

  Lartigau, E ^a   Lusinchi, A ^a   Weeger, P ^a   Wibault, P ^a   Luboinski, B ^a   Eschwege, F ^a   Guichard, M ^a  

^a INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerated radiotherapy; Carbogen breathing; Head and neck carcinoma; pO2

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OXYGEN; PARTIAL PRESSURE;

EID: 0032077387     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(97)10172-1     Document Type: Article

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