Analysis of treatment results for base of tongue cancer

Laryngoscope

Volumn 113, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 1252-1261

  Sessions, Donald G ^a,b,d   Lenox, Jason ^b   Spector, Gershon J ^a   Chao, Clifford ^a,c   Chaudry, Omer Ahmad ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d Campus Box 8115 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Base of tongue cancer; Radiation therapy; Surgery; Survival outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; DISABILITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOSSECTOMY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPEECH; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWALLOWING; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK CAPACITY;

EID: 0038165032     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005537-200307000-00026     Document Type: Article

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