Carcinoma of the tonsillar fossa: Prognostic factors and long-term therapy outcome

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1077-1084

  Perez, Carlos A ^a   Patel, Mihir M ^c   Chao, K S Clifford ^a   Simpson, Joseph R ^a   Sessions, Donald ^b   Spector, Gershon J ^b   Haughey, Bruce ^b   Lockett, Mary Ann ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Combined modality therapy; Irradiation; Postoperative irradiation; Preoperative irradiation; Tonsil; Tonsillar fossa

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TONSIL CANCER; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032411554     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00291-0     Document Type: Article

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