The 'QUAD SHOT' - A phase II study of palliative radiotherapy for incurable head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 137-142

  Corry, June ^a   Peters, Lester J ^a   D'Costa, Ieta ^a   Milner, Alvin D ^a   Fawns, Helen ^a   Rischin, Danny ^a   Porceddu, Sandro ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; SKIN DISEASE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOXICITY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PALLIATIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 27944500205     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.10.008     Document Type: Article

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