Retropharyngeal nodes in squamous cell carcinoma of oropharynx: Incidence, localization, and implications for target volume

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 733-738

  Bussels, Barbara ^a   Hermans, Robert ^b   Reijnders, Alex ^a   Dirix, Piet ^a   Nuyts, Sandra ^a   Van den Bogaert, Walter ^a  

^a Katholieke Universiteit   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Oropharyngeal cancer; Retropharyngeal nodes; Target volume delineation

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINETRIPHOSPHATE; CELLS; DISEASE CONTROL; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT TREATMENT; TUMORS;

MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER; RETROPHARYNGEAL NODES; TARGET VOLUME DELINEATION;

DISEASES;

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSENSUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PHARYNX; PHARYNX TUMOR; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PHARYNX; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 33646897662     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.02.034     Document Type: Article

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