A confirmatory prognostic study on oxygenation status and loco-regional control in advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma treated by radiation therapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 39-43

  Nordsmark, Marianne ^a,b   Overgaard, Jens ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Hypoxia; Polarographic oxygen electrode; Predictive assay; Radiotherapy; Tumour oxygenation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; HYPOXIA; MALE; OXYGEN TENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TISSUE OXYGENATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELL HYPOXIA; COHORT STUDIES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OXYGEN; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PROGNOSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034307112     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(00)00223-1     Document Type: Article

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