Long-term functional outcome of brachytherapy for carcinoma of the mobile tongue: Focus on the atrophic change of irradiated tongue

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 681-687

  Urashima, Yusuke ^a   Nakamura, Katsumasa ^a   Shioyama, Yoshiyuki ^a   Sasaki, Tomonari ^a   Ohga, Saiji ^a   Toba, Takashi ^a   Kunitake, Naonobu ^b   Chikui, Tooru ^c   Kawazu, Toshiyuki ^c   Yamada, Tomomi ^d   Terashima, Hiromi ^c   Honda, Hiroshi ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KITAKYUSHU MUNICIPAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Functional outcome; QOL; Tongue atrophy; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATROPHY; BRACHYTHERAPY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; TONGUE; TONGUE TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATROPHY; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TONGUE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 35349023636     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl099     Document Type: Article

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