Does Adjuvant Radiation Therapy Improve Outcomes In pT1-3N0 Oral Cavity Cancer With Tumor-Free Margins and Perineural Invasion?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 371-376

  Liao, Chun Ta ^a,b   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a,b   Wang, Hung Ming ^a,b   Ng, Shu Hang ^a,b   Hsueh, Chuen ^a,b   Lee, Li Yu ^a,b   Lin, Chih Hung ^a,b   Chen, I How ^a,b   Huang, Shiang Fu ^a,b   Cheng, Ann Joy ^a,b   See, Lai Chu ^b   Yen, Tzu Chen ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Oral cavity; Perineural invasion; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DISEASE CONTROL; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

ADJUVANT RADIATION THERAPY; ORAL CAVITY; PERINEURAL INVASION; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 43049165467     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.10.015     Document Type: Article

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