Prospective, longitudinal electroglottographic study of voice recovery following accelerated hypofractionated radiotherapy for T1/T2 larynx cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-236

  Kazi, Rehan ^a,b   Venkitaraman, Ramachandran ^a   Johnson, Catherine ^a   Prasad, Vyas ^a   Clarke, Peter ^a   Newbold, Kate ^a   Rhys Evans, Peter ^a   Nutting, Christopher ^a   Harrington, Kevin ^a,b  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electroglottography; Larynx cancer; Radiotherapy; Voice function

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGOGRAPHY; LARYNX CANCER; MALE; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DOSE FRACTIONATION; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECOVERY OF FUNCTION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 43049171642     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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