The results of radiotherapy for T1 glottic cancers; influence of radiation beam energy

Acta Medica Okayama

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 91-94

  Yamamoto, Michinori ^a   Joja, Ikuo ^a   Takemoto, Mitsuhiro ^a   Kuroda, Masahiro ^a   Hiraki, Yoshio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Radiation beam energy; Radiotherapy; T1 glottic cancers

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION DOSE;

AGED; FEMALE; GLOTTIS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0033113309     PISSN: 0386300X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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