Base-of-tongue cancer: Survival, function, and quality of life after external-beam irradiation and brachytherapy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 1362-1365

  Robertson, Matt L ^a   Gleich, Lyon L ^a   Barrett, William L ^a   Gluckman, Jack L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Function; Survival; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034897541     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200108000-00009     Document Type: Article

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