Late complications after high-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for tongue cancer

Oral Radiology

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-5

  Shimizutani, Kimishige ^a   Inoue, Takehiro ^b   Inoue, Toshihiko ^b   Yoshioka, Yasuo ^b   Kakimoto, Naoya ^c   Murakami, Shumei ^c   Furukawa, Souhei ^c   Fuchihata, Hajime ^c   Teshima, Teruki ^b  

^a OSAKA DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Brinkman index; High dose rate; Late complications; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; JAPAN; LOCAL ANESTHESIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; SOFT TISSUE INJURY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE CANCER; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ULCER; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 20744457428     PISSN: 09116028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11282-005-0025-4     Document Type: Article

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