Brachytherapy for early oral tongue cancer: Low dose rate to high dose rate

Journal of Radiation Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-40

  Yamazaki, Hideya ^a   Inoue, Takehiro ^b   Yoshida, Ken ^b   Yoshioka, Yasuo ^b   Furukawa, Souhei ^c   Kakimoto, Naoya ^c   Shimizutani, Kimishige ^b   Inoue, Toshihiko ^b  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachythearpy; High dose rate; Low dose rate; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; ONCOLOGY;

BRACHYTHEARPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROL RATES; HIGH DOSE RATE; HIGH-DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; LOW DOSE RATE BRACHYTHERAPY; LOW-DOSE RATES; ORAL DOSE; OSAKA UNIVERSITY; TONGUE CANCER;

RADIOTHERAPY;

IRIDIUM 192; RADIUM 226;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; RADIATION DOSE; TONGUE CANCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0141832713     PISSN: 04493060     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1269/jrr.44.37     Document Type: Article

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