Is radiation therapy a preferred alternative to surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue?

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 35-42

  Mendenhall, William M ^a   Stringer, Scott P ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Hinerman, Russell W ^a   Moore Higgs, Giselle J ^a   Cassisi, Nicholas J ^a  

^a Florida College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033988837     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/jco.2000.18.1.35     Document Type: Article

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