Role of brachytherapy in treatment of epidermoid carcinomas of the vallecula after conservative supraglottic laryngectomy followed by irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 29-35

  Clippe, Sébastien ^a,f   Pommier, Pascal ^a   Poupart, Marc ^b   Céruse, Philippe ^c   Rosenbusch, Thomas ^d   Ramade, Antoine ^e   Montbarbon, Xavier ^a   Gérard, Jean Pierre ^c   Carrie, Christian ^a   Ardiet, Jean Michel ^c  

^a CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^b CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^d Eugène André Private Hospital   (France)

^e EDOUARD HERRIOT HOSPITAL   (France)

^f Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud Pierre Bénite France ^*  (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Functional supraglottic laryngectomy; Radiotherapy; Vallecula carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY;

IRRADIATION; MEDICAL IMAGING; SURGERY; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

CARBOPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROSTOMY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX EDEMA; MALE; METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; SECOND CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TRACHEOTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036570149     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02791-2     Document Type: Article

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