Role of neck surgery in conjunction with radiation in regional control of node-positive cancer of the oropharynx

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 109-116

  Su, Catherine K ^a   Bhattacharya, Jay ^b   Wang, C C ^c  

^a East Bay Regional Cancer Center   (United States)

^b RAND CORPORATION   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph node excision; Lymph nodes; Oropharyngeal neoplasms; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PROGNOSIS; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REMISSION INDUCTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0036220363     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-200204000-00002     Document Type: Article

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