Complications following re-irradiation for head and neck cancer

American Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Medicine and Surgery

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 215-221

  Ohizumi, Yukio ^a   Tamai, Yoshifumi ^a   Imamiya, Satoshi ^a   Akiba, Takeshi ^a  

^a TOKAI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PEPLEOMYCIN; UFT;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LARYNX EDEMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0036301452     PISSN: 01960709     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ajot.2002.124540     Document Type: Article

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