The influence of beam energy on the outcome of postoperative radiotherapy in head and neck cancer patients: Secondary analysis of RTOG 85- 03

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 389-394

  Aref, Amr ^a   Berkey, Brian A ^b   Schwade, James G ^c   Ensley, John ^a   Schuller, David E ^d   Haselow, Robert E ^e   Ervin, Thomas J ^f   Laramore, George E ^g  

^a KARMANOS CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b AMERICAN COLLEGE OF RADIOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI   (United States)

^d OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e HOUSTON METHODIST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^f Maine Ctr Cancer Med Blood Disord   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy beam energy; Radiotherapy technique

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; COBALT 60; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ENERGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CISPLATIN; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 0034193121     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00457-0     Document Type: Article

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