High-dose-rate interstitial brachytherapy for oropharyngeal carcinoma: Results of 83 lesions in 82 patients

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 983-991

  Nose, Takayuki ^a   Koizumi, Masahiko ^b   Nishiyama, Kinji ^b  

^a TOYONAKA MUNICIPAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; High dose rate; Interstitial brachytherapy; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

BONE; MEDICINE; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELLS;

ONCOLOGY;

ANALGESIC AGENT; NARCOTIC ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; IATROGENIC DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NECK CANCER; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT TISSUE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TISSUE NECROSIS; TONGUE CANCER; ULCER; WOUND;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 3042604474     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2003.12.015     Document Type: Article

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