Postoperative irradiation of minor salivary gland malignancies of the head and neck

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 165-171

  Le, Quynh Thu ^a   Birdwell, Sandra ^a   Terris, David J ^a   Gabalski, Edward C ^a   Varghese, Anna ^a   Fee Jr, Willard E ^a   Goffinet, Don R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Minor salivary gland tumor; Radiation; Surgery; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINOR SALIVA GLAND; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033180189     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00084-5     Document Type: Article

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