Interstitial iridium-192 implantation for recurrent and/or locally advanced head and neck cancer

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 371-378

  Sandhu, A P S ^a   Robertson, A G ^b   Soutar, D S ^b   Webster, M H ^b   McNee, S G ^b   Deehan, C ^b   Paul, J ^b   Dunaway, D ^b  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b BEATSON WEST OF SCOTLAND CANCER CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Implantation; Iridium 192

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192; RADIOISOTOPE;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

EID: 0033401753     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/clon.1999.9087     Document Type: Article

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