The AMORE protocol as salvage treatment for non-orbital head and neck rhabdomyosarcoma in children

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 884-892

  Buwalda, J ^a   Blank, L E C M ^a   Schouwenburg, P F ^a   Copper, M P ^a   Strackee, S D ^a   Voute P A ^a   Merks, J H M ^a   Caron, H N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Combined modality treatment; Head and neck neoplasms; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DOSIMETRY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 4444335919     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0748-7983(04)00146-5     Document Type: Article

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