Locally advanced melanoma. Results of postoperative hypofractionated radiation therapy

Cancer

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 88-94

  Stevens, Graham ^a   Thompson, John F ^a,b   Firth, Ian ^a   O'Brien, Christopher J ^a,b   McCarthy, William H ^a,b   Quinn, Michael J ^a  

^a ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fractionation; Local control; Melanoma; Postoperative; Radiation therapy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESQUAMATION; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHEDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASTOIDITIS; MELANOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN ATROPHY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SKIN NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0033980479     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(20000101)88:1<88::AID-CNCR13>3.0.CO;2-K     Document Type: Article

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