Severe anemia is associated with poor tumor oxygenation in head and neck squamous cell carcinomas

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 459-466

  Becker, Axel ^a   Stadler, Peter ^b   Lavey, Robert S ^c   Hänsgen, Gabriele ^a   Kuhnt, Thomas ^a   Lautenschläger, Christine ^a   Feldmann, Horst Jürgen ^b   Molls, Michael ^b   Dunst, Jürgen ^a  

^a MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

Author keywords

Anemia; Head and neck carcinoma; Hemoglobin concentration; Hypoxia; Smoking; Tumor oxygenation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENDER; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OXYGENATION; POLAROGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE; TUMOR; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANEMIA; BLOOD GAS MONITORING, TRANSCUTANEOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; OXYGEN; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 0033984404     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00384-3     Document Type: Article

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