Changes in oxygen tension during radiotherapy of head and neck tumours

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1037-1042

  Lyng, Heidi ^a   Tanum, Gunnar ^a   Evensen, Jan F ^a   Rofstad, Einar K ^a  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL DENSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRODE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OXYGEN TENSION; OXYGENATION; POLAROGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033450966     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418699432329     Document Type: Article

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