Results of radiotherapy for epithelial skin cancer of the pinna: The Princess Margaret Hospital experience, 1982-1993

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 451-459

  Silva, Joaquin J ^a   Tsang, Richard W ^a   Panzarella, Tony ^a   Levin, Wilfred ^a   Wells, Woodrow ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Pinna; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION SICKNESS; SKIN CANCER; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EAR NEOPLASMS; EAR, EXTERNAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034194413     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00410-7     Document Type: Article

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