Long-term outcomes after external beam irradiation and brachytherapy boost for base-of-tongue cancers

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 489-494

  Gibbs, Iris C ^a   Le, Quynh Thu ^a   Shah, Rachit D ^a   Terris, David J ^a   Fee, Willard E ^a   Goffinet, Don R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Base of tongue; Brachytherapy; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

RADIOTHERAPY; TISSUE; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY;

ONCOLOGY;

IRIDIUM 192;

ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATHETER; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; GAMMA IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IMPLANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LONG TERM CARE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT TISSUE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER;

EID: 0042884153     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00597-2     Document Type: Article

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