Re-irradiation of head and neck carcinoma

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 393-398

  Mendenhall, William M ^a,c   Mendenhall, Charles M ^a,b   Malyapa, Robert S ^a   Palta, Jatinder R ^a   Mendenhall, Nancy P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PHOEBE PUTNEY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Head and neck; Radiation therapy; Re irradiation; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE; HYDROXYUREA; IRINOTECAN; PACLITAXEL;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADJUVANT THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DRUG FATALITY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; IRRADIATION; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; MONOTHERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIMARY TUMOR; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION RESPONSE; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT CANCER; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THERAPY EFFECT; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR VOLUME; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL;

EID: 55449101159     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: 1537453X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/COC.0b013e3181637398     Document Type: Review

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