Postoperative radiation therapy for primary vs. recurrent squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Results of a comparative analysis

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 554-559

  Regine, William F ^a   Valentino, Joseph ^a   Sloan, David A ^a   Patel, Pushpa ^a   Pittard, Melissa Q ^a   Kenady, Daniel E ^a   Mohiuddin, Mohammed ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Postoperative radiotherapy; Prognostic factors

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ACTUARIAL ANALYSIS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032833026     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199909)21:6<554::AID-HED9>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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