Ipsilateral irradiation for carcinomas of tonsillar region and soft palate based on computed tomographic simulation

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 117-121

  Kagei, Kenji ^a   Shirato, Hiroki ^a   Nishioka, Takeshi ^a   Arimoto, Takuro ^b   Hashimoto, Seiko ^a   Kaneko, Masanori ^c   Ohmori, Keiichi ^c   Honma, Akihiro ^a   Inuyama, Yukio ^a   Miyasaka, Kazuo ^a  

^a HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Kitami Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CT simulation; Oropharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Salivary gland

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE NECROSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOFT PALATE; SOFT TISSUE CANCER; TECHNIQUE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PALATAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 17644436170     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00179-6     Document Type: Article

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