Subcutaneous fibrosis after whole neck irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 937-943

  Hirota, Saeko ^a   Tsujino, Kayoko ^a   Oshitani, Takashi ^b   Hishikawa, Yoshio ^c   Takada, Yoshiki ^a   Kono, Michio ^a   Abe, Mitsuyuki ^c  

^a HYOGO MEDICAL CENTER FOR ADULTS   (Japan)

^b Oshitani Clinic   (Japan)

^c HYOGO ION BEAM MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Subcutaneous fibrosis; Whole neck irradiation

Indexed keywords

DRUG DOSAGE; HORMONES; IRRADIATION; PATIENT MONITORING; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FIBROSIS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CORTICOSTEROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELECTRON; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; FRACTIONATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK FACTOR; SKIN; SKIN ABSORPTION; TIME; TREATMENT PLANNING; X RAY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FIBROSIS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 0037086064     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(01)02735-3     Document Type: Article

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