Stricture of the proximal esophagus in head and neck carcinoma patients after radiotherapy

Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1693-1700

  Laurell, Göran ^a   Kraepelien, Thomas ^a   Mavroidis, Panayiotis ^b   Lind, Bengt K ^b   Fernberg, Jan Olof ^a   Beckman, Mats ^a   Lind, Magnus G ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dose planning; Dysphagia; Endoscopic dilation; Nonneoplastic stricture; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DOSE RESPONSE; DOSE TIME EFFECT RELATION; DYSPHAGIA; EMOTIONAL STRESS; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGUS DILATATION; ESOPHAGUS STRICTURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOGRAM; HUMAN; MALE; MALNUTRITION; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SWALLOWING; SWEDEN; TUMOR VOLUME; UPPER ESOPHAGUS SPHINCTER;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ENDOSCOPY; ESOPHAGEAL STENOSIS; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0037378468     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11236     Document Type: Article

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