Influence of age on the results of brachytherapy for early tongue cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 931-936

  Yamazaki, Hideya ^a   Inoue, Takehiro ^a   Yoshida, Ken ^a   Imai, Atsushi ^a   Yoshioka, Yasuo ^a   Tanaka, Eiichi ^a   Shimamoto, Shigeaki ^a   Nakamura, Satoaki ^a   Inoue, Toshihiko ^a   Nakamura, Hironobu ^a   Furukawa, Souhei ^b   Shimizutani, Kimishige ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Brachytherapy; Early tongue cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CESIUM 137; COBALT 60; IRIDIUM 192; RADIOACTIVE MATERIAL; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COBALT TELETHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035869727     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)01454-1     Document Type: Article

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