Radioactive gold grain implants in recurrent and locally advanced head-and-neck cancers

Brachytherapy

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 161-166

  Ashamalla, Hani ^a   Rafla, Sameer ^a   Zaki, Bassem ^a   Ikoro, Nnaemeka C ^a   Ross, Pamela ^a  

^a NEW YORK METHODIST HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Gold grain implant; Head and neck cancer

Indexed keywords

GOLD 198;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX; MOUTH CAVITY; NASOPHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0242353175     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1538-4721(02)00054-5     Document Type: Article

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