Current philosophy on the management of cancer of the base of the tongue

Oral Oncology

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 101-105

  Harrison, Louis B ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Shaha, Ashok R ^c   Bradley, Patrick J ^d   Genden, Eric M ^e   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b  

^a BETH ISRAEL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d QUEEN S MEDICAL CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of the tongue cancer; Chemotherapy; Radiation; Surgery; Therapy; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; IRIDIUM 192;

ADVANCED CANCER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; GLOSSECTOMY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0037295317     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1368-8375(02)00048-9     Document Type: Review

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