Cancer of the base of the tongue: Past and future

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 751-759

  Brunin, Françoise ^a   Mosseri, Véronique ^a   Jaulerry, Christian ^a   Point, Daniel ^a   Cosset, Jean Marc ^a   Rodriguez, Jose ^a  

^a INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Base of the tongue; Carcinoma; Irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 0032718326     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199912)21:8<751::AID-HED11>3.3.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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