Postoperative and Primary Radiotherapy for Salivary Gland Carcinomas: Indications, Techniques, and Results

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2 SUPPL., 2007, Pages

  Terhaard, Chris H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated RT; Local control; Radiotherapy; Regional control; Salivary gland cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUTRON THERAPY; PHOTON THERAPY; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALIVARY GLAND CARCINOMA; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FORECASTING; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34548406115     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.04.079     Document Type: Article

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