Radiotherapy for head and neck cancer in elderly patients

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 37-42

  Schofield, Clare P ^a   Sykes, Andrew J ^a   Slevin, Nicholas J ^a   Rashid, Noor Z Z ^b  

^a CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Elderly; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; GROUPS BY AGE; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; LARYNGITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MOUTH DISEASE; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0242352627     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(03)00249-4     Document Type: Article

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