Intraoperative radiation therapy as an "early boost" in locally advanced head and neck cancer: Preliminary results of a feasibility study

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 701-708

  Marucci, Laura ^a   Pichi, Barbara ^a   Laccarino, Giuseppe ^a   Ruscito, Paolo ^a   Spriano, Giuseppe ^a   Arcangeli, Giorgio ^a  

^a REGINA ELENA NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Electron beam; Head and neck cancer; Intraoperative radiation therapy; Locally advanced cancer; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FISTULA; FREE TISSUE GRAFT; GRAFT NECROSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEMATOMA; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INTRAOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; LARYNX CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; OCCLUSIVE DRESSING; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PAROTID GLAND CANCER; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 46249133598     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20777     Document Type: Article

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