Pathogenesis of cognitive decline following therapeutic irradiation for head and neck tumors

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 346-351

  Abayomi, Olubunmi K ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; GENES; IRRADIATION; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

PATHOGENESIS;

ONCOLOGY;

ATHEROGENESIS; BLOOD VESSEL INJURY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; OBESITY; PARANASAL SINUS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SMOKING; TEMPORAL LOBE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

COGNITION DISORDERS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 0036352612     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418602760169389     Document Type: Review

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