The importance of postoperative radiotherapy against polymorphous low-grade adenocarcinoma of the parotid gland: Case report and review of the literature

Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine

Volumn 211, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 297-302

  Uemaetomari, Isao ^a   Tabuchi, Keiji ^a   Tobita, Tadamichi ^a   Tsuji, Shigeki ^a   Wada, Tetsuro ^a   Kamma, Hiroshi ^b   Hara, Akira ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b KYORIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Major salivary gland; Parotid gland; Polymorphous low grade adenocarcinoma (PLGA)

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID GLAND CARCINOMA; PAROTIDECTOMY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PROGNOSIS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD;

EID: 33947659082     PISSN: 00408727     EISSN: 13493329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1620/tjem.211.297     Document Type: Article

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