Treatment of oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma with external beam radiation combined with interstitial brachytherapy

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 362-369

  Chen, Jergin ^a   Pappas, Lisa ^b   Moeller, John H ^a   Rankin, Jim ^a   Sharma, Pramod K ^c   Bentz, Brandon G ^c   Fang, L Christine ^a   Hayes, John K ^a,d   Shrieve, Dennis C ^a   Hitchcock, Ying J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^d Gamma West   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Oropharyngeal cancer; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONGUE DISEASE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE;

EID: 34247212712     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20528     Document Type: Review

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