Hypofractionated radiotherapy for the palliation of advanced head and neck cancer in patients unsuitable for curative treatment - "Hypo Trial"

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 456-462

  Porceddu, Sandro V ^a,b   Rosser, Brenda ^a,b   Burmeister, Bryan H ^a,b   Jones, Mark ^b   Hickey, Brigid ^a,c   Baumann, Kacy ^c   Gogna, Kumar ^c   Pullar, Andrew ^a,c   Poulsen, Michael ^b,c   Holt, Tanya ^c  

^a PRINCESS ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Mater Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Palliation; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MORTALITY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TOXICITY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 36849073770     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2007.10.020     Document Type: Article

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