Morbidity after ipsilateral radiotherapy for oropharyngeal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-97

  Jensen, Kenneth ^a   Overgaard, Marie ^a   Grau, Cai ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Adverse effects; Deglutition disorders; Head and neck neoplasm; Late morbidity; Oropharyngeal neoplasm; Radiotherapy; Xerostomia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DYSPHAGIA; EDEMA; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICITY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; XEROSTOMIA; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY;

EID: 35248836981     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.06.005     Document Type: Article

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