Definitive radiation therapy for squamous cell carcinoma of the soft palate

Head and Neck

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 1114-1119

  Chera, Bhishamjit S ^a   Amdur, Robert J ^a   Hinerman, Russell W ^a   Morris, Christopher G ^a   Villaret, Douglas B ^a   Werning, John W ^a   Mendenhall, William M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiation therapy; Soft palate; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SOFT PALATE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PALATE, SOFT; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 50249124491     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20848     Document Type: Article

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