Interstitial radiation therapy for early-stage nasal vestibule cancer: A continuing quest for optimal tumor control and cosmesis

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 160-169

  Levendag, Peter C ^a   Nijdam, Wideke M ^a   van Moolenburgh, Sanne E ^a   Tan, Lisa ^a   Noever, Inge ^a   van Rooy, Peter ^a   Mureau, Marc A M ^a   Jansen, Peter P ^a   Munte, Kai ^a   Hofer, Stefan O P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cosmesis; Costs; Interstitial radiation; Nasal vestibule; Reconstructive surgery

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COSMIC RAYS; COSTS; DISEASE CONTROL; HOSPITALS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; RADIOTHERAPY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL);

COSMESIS; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; NASAL VESTIBULE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGERY;

TUMORS;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISEASE SEVERITY; EARLY CANCER; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITAL BILLING; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL RADIATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE CANCER; NOSE RECONSTRUCTION; NOSE VESTIBULE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL TIME; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT FAILURE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESTHETICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MALE; NASAL CAVITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 33746800300     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.03.041     Document Type: Article

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