Radiotherapy in the treatment of mucosal melanoma of the upper aerodigestive tract: Analysis of 74 cases. A Rare Cancer Network study

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 751-759

  Krengli, Marco ^a   Masini, Laura ^a   Kaanders, Johannes H A M ^b   Maingon, Philippe ^c   Oei, Swan Bing ^d   Zouhair, Abderrahim ^e   Ozyar, Enis ^f   Roelandts, Martine ^g   Amichetti, Maurizio ^h   Bosset, Mathieu ⁱ   Mirimanoff, René Olivier ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE GEORGES FRANÇOIS LECLERC   (France)

^d DR BERNARD VERBEETEN INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^e LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^f HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g JULES BORDET INSTITUTE   (Belgium)

^h Ospedale Oncologico A Businco   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

Author keywords

Mucosal melanoma; Prognostic factors; Radiotherapy; Upper aerodigestive tract

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; IMMUNOLOGY; SURGERY; TUMORS;

MUCOSAL MELANOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; UPPER AERODIGESTIVE TRACT;

RADIOTHERAPY;

DACARBAZINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MELANOSIS; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PARANASAL SINUS CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RARE DISEASE; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; UPPER RESPIRATORY TRACT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH MUCOSA; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NASAL MUCOSA; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646926474     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.01.016     Document Type: Article

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