Radiation therapy with hyperbaric oxygen at 4 atmospheres pressure in the management of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck: Results of a randomized clinical trial

Cancer Journal from Scientific American

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 341-347

  Haffty, Bruce G ^a   Hurley, Ronald ^b   Peters, Lester J ^b  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hyperbaric oxygen; Hypoxic; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DATA BASE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIOSENSITIZATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL HYPOXIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERBARIC OXYGENATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0033376853     PISSN: 10814442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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