Accelerated versus conventional fractionated postoperative radiotherapy for advanced head and neck cancer: Results of a multicenter Phase III study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 762-771

  Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^a,e   Richetti, Antonella ^b   Bignardi, Mario ^c   Corvo', Renzo ^a   Gabriele, Pietro ^d   Sormani, Maria Pia ^a   Antognoni, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

^c Spedali Civili ^*  (Italy)

^d MAURIZIANO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^e University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerated fractionation; Head and neck cancer; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CELL CARCINOMA; CONVENTIONAL FRACTIONATION (CF); NECK CANCER; ORAL CAVITY;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CELLS; FRACTIONATION; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT TREATMENT; SURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INFORMED CONSENT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 13844254876     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.07.682     Document Type: Article

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