Cranial location of level II lymph nodes in laryngeal cancer: Implications for elective nodal target volume delineation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 462-468

  Braam, Pètra M ^a   Raaijmakers, Cornelis P J ^a   Terhaard, Chris H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Elective radiotherapy; Head and Neck; Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Laryngeal cancer; Target definition

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY; PATIENT TREATMENT; RADIOTHERAPY;

ELECTIVE RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LARYNGEAL CANCERS; LYMPH NODES; TARGET DEFINITION;

TUMORS;

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKULL BASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846262480     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.10.003     Document Type: Article

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