Transoral laser microsurgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the base of the tongue

Archives of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 36-43

  Steiner, Wolfgang ^a   Fierek, Oliver ^a   Ambrosch, Petra ^a   Hommerich, Christian P ^a   Kron, Martina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LASER SURGERY; MALE; MICROSURGERY; NECK DISSECTION; PERFORMANCE; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037225069     PISSN: 08864470     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archotol.129.1.36     Document Type: Article

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