Serum selenium levels in patients with head and neck cancer

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 216-219

  Yadav, S P S ^a   Gera, Amit ^a   Singh, Ishwar ^a   Chanda, Rakesh ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Selenium

Indexed keywords

SELENIUM; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BLOOD LEVEL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER TISSUE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELENIUM BLOOD LEVEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR GROWTH;

EID: 0036696930     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2002.21096     Document Type: Article

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