Value of computed tomography-based tumor volume as a predictor of outcomes in hypopharyngeal cancer after treatment with definitive radiotherapy

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2012-2017

  Chen, Shang Wen ^a,b   Yang, Shih Neng ^a,b   Liang, Ji An ^a,b   Tsai, Ming Hsiu ^a,b   Shiau, An Cheng ^a,b   Lin, Fang Jen ^a,b  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hypopharyngeal cancer; Prognostic factor; Radiotherapy; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; VOLUMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNX; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33750713089     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000237804.38761.81     Document Type: Article

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