Brachytherapy boost: A novel approach for epiglottic carcinoma

Brachytherapy

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 212-217

  Bhalavat, Rajendra L ^a   Pathak, Kumar Alok ^a   Mahantshetty, Umesh ^a   Jamema, Swamidas V ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Epiglottic cancer; Implant; Interstitial radiation; Supraglottic cancer

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIGLOTTIS CANCER; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; EPIGLOTTIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547504449     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2006.12.002     Document Type: Article

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