Radiographic complete response on post treatment CT imaging eliminates the need for adjuvant neck dissection after treatment for node positive head and neck cancer

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 169-172

  Greven, Kathryn M ^a   Williams III, Daniel W ^a   Browne, J Dale ^a   McGuirt Sr , W Fred ^a   White, Douglas R ^a   D'Agostino Jr , Ralph B ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Computerized tomography; Head and neck cancer; Neck nodes; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42049094081     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181573e42     Document Type: Article

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