Larynx-sparing radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma from an unknown head and neck primary site

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 445-448

  Barker, Christopher A ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Larynx; Neoplasms; Radiotherapy; Treatment outcome; Unknown primary

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LARYNX; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK DISSECTION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 26444606816     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000162963.69302.12     Document Type: Article

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