Exclusive brachytherapy for T1 and T2 squamous cell carcinomas of the velotonsillar area: Results in 44 patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 441-448

  Le Scodan, Romuald ^a   Pommier, Pascal ^a   Ardiet, Jean Michel ^b   Montbarbon, Xavier ^a   Malet, Claude ^a   Favrel, Véronique ^b   Zrounba, Philippe ^a   Poupart, Marc ^c   Céruse, Philippe ^b   Ferlay, Céline ^a   Clippe, Sébastien ^a  

^a CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^b CENTRE HOSPITALIER LYON SUD   (France)

^c CROIX ROUSSE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Oropharynx; Soft palate; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

CARCINOGENS; CELL CULTURE; DOSIMETRY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

BRACHYTHERAPY; OROPHARYNX; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RELAPSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24944587208     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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