Squamous cell carcinomas of the soft palate treated with radiation therapy alone or followed by planned neck dissection

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 359-366

  Erkal, Haldun Ş ^a   Serin, Meltem ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^b   Villaret, Douglas B ^b   Stringer, Scott P ^b   Mendenhall, William M ^b  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Planned neck dissection; Radiotherapy; Soft palate; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CHEMOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY;

PLANNED NECK DISSECTION; SOFT PALATE;

ONCOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT;

EID: 0035371162     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01578-9     Document Type: Article

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