Brachytherapy in the treatment of Stage IV carcinoma of the base of tongue

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 41-48

  Cano, Elmer R ^a,b   Johnson, Jonas T ^a   Carrau, Ricardo ^a   Agarwala, Sanjiv ^a   Flickinger, John ^a   Quader, Mubina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Local control; Stage IV; Survival; Tongue base carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1942478644     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.02.001     Document Type: Article

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