Management of tonsil cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 657-662

  Bradford, Carol R ^a   Futran, Neal ^b   Peters, Glenn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; TONSIL CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032844452     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0347(199910)21:7<657::AID-HED11>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Review

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