Need for objective patient selection criteria for palliative radiotherapy in advanced head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 87, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 308-

  Chilukuri, Srinivas ^a   Laskar, Sarbani Ghosh ^a   Murthy, Vedang ^a   Agarwal, Jai Prakash ^a   Budrukkar, Ashwini ^a   Dinshaw, Ketayun A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADVANCED CANCER; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; LETTER; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT SELECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

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

EID: 43149087514     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2008.03.014     Document Type: Letter

References (1)

1. Porceddu SV, Rosser B, Burmeister BH, et al. Hypofractionated radiotherapy for the palliation of advanced head and neck cancer in patients unsuitable for curative treatment "Hypo trial".