Isolated neck recurrence after definitive radiotherapy for node-positive head and neck cancer: Salvage in the dissected or undissected neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 715-719

  Liauw, Stanley L ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Werning, John W ^a   Villaret, Douglas B ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Neck dissection; Radiotherapy; Salvage

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SALVAGE THERAPY;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547957071     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20580     Document Type: Article

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