Primary radiotherapy for tonsillar carcinoma: A good alternative to a surgical approach

Journal of Otolaryngology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 227-234

  Charbonneau, Nicolas ^a   Gélinas, Michel ^a   Del Vecchio, Pierre ^a   Guertin, Louis ^a   Larochelle, Daniel ^a   Tabet, Jean Claude ^a   Soulières, Denis ^a   Charpentier, Danielle ^a   Nguyen Tân, Phuc Félix ^a  

^a NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Prognostic factors; Radiation therapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748533840     PISSN: 03816605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2005.0100     Document Type: Review

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