Postoperative radiotherapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Clinical Medicine and Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 200-208

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Head and neck; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; AGGRESSION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MANDIBLE RESECTION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33749366470     PISSN: 15394182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3121/cmr.4.3.200     Document Type: Review

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