Definitive radiotherapy for tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 290-297

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,b   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Hinerman, Russell W ^a   Malyapa, Robert S ^a   Werning, John W ^a   Lansford, Christopher D ^a   Villaret, Douglas B ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsillar neoplasms; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; LYMPHADENECTOMY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION INJURY; SURVIVAL; TONSIL TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33744968172     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.coc.0000209510.19360.f9     Document Type: Article

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