Efficacy of Surgical Salvage for Advanced Neck Metastases after Radiotherapy Failure

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 340-343

  Pathak, Irvin ^a,b   Gilbert, Ralph ^a   Davidson, Jean ^a   Birt, Derek ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Neck dissection; Neck metastases; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; METASTASIS; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODES; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0034575291     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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