Iridium-192 implantation for T1 and T2a carcinoma of the tongue and floor of mouth: Retrospective study of the results of treatment at the Royal Berkshire Hospital

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 76, Issue 906, 2003, Pages 414-417

  Wadsley, J C ^a   Patel, M ^a   Tomlins, C D C ^a   Gildersleve, J Q ^a  

^a ROYAL BERKSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DRUG IMPLANTATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MANDIBLE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH ULCER; NECK DISSECTION; ORAL SURGERY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TELANGIECTASIA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH FLOOR; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0038819122     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/20227256     Document Type: Article

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