Nd:YAG laser therapy for palliation of recurrent squamous cell carcinomas in the oral cavity

Lasers in Surgery and Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 64-69

  Paiva, Marcos B ^a   Blackwell, Keith E ^a   Saxton, Romaine E ^a   Bublik, Michael ^a   Liu, Carson D ^a   Paiva Paolini, Ana Amélia P ^a   Calcaterra, Thomas C ^a   Castro, Dan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curved oral handpiece; Nd:YAG laser; Palliative care; Recurrent oral cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CHEEK MUCOSA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; NEODYMIUM LASER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; SAFETY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; LASER SURGERY; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH; MOUTH TUMOR; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; STATISTICS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; MOUTH; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PALLIATIVE CARE; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0035992565     PISSN: 01968092     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lsm.10077     Document Type: Article

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