Value of computed tomography as outcome predictor of supraglottic squamous cell carcinoma treated by definitive radiation therapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 755-765

  Hermans, Robert ^a   Van Den Bogaert, Walter ^b   Rijnders, Alexis ^b   Baert, Albert L ^a  

^a Department of Radiology ^*  (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

CT Larynx; Larynx; Neoplasms; Therapeutic radiology Head and neck

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNX; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0032981302     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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