Radical radiotherapy compared with surgery for advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the base of tongue

Brachytherapy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 78-86

  Van De Pol, Marjan ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a   De Bree, Remco R ^b   Huib Franssen, Jan ^a   Smeele, Ludwig E ^b   Nijdam, Wideke M ^a   Jansen, Peter P ^a   Meeuwis, Cees A ^a   Rene Leemans C ^b  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Functional outcome; Performance; Surgery; Survival; T3 T4; Tongue base carcinoma; Tumor control

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX RATIO; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TONGUE CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4544281715     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2004.04.002     Document Type: Article

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