Palliative radiotherapy in recurrent head-and-neck tumors by a percutaneous superfractionated treatment schedule

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 65-68

  Schleicher, Ursula Maria ^a   Andreopoulos, Demetrios ^a,b   Ammon, Juergen ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Bank of Cyprus Group Oncology Centre   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Altered fractionation; Head and neck cancer; Palliative treatment; Recurrence

Indexed keywords

GROWTH KINETICS; IRRADIATION; TUMORS;

PRE-IRRADIATED AREAS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PAIN; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SIDE EFFECT; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR NECROSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PALLIATIVE CARE; RADIOTHERAPY; SARCOMA;

EID: 0035341237     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01567-4     Document Type: Article

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