Radical Radiotherapy in Head and Neck Squamous Cell Carcinoma: An Analysis of Prognostic and Therapeutic Factors

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 383-389

  Dinshaw, K A ^a   Agarwal, J P ^a   Ghosh Laskar, S ^a   Gupta, T ^a   Shrivastava, S K ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; HNSCC; outcome; radical radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33748659694     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2006.02.009     Document Type: Article

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