Combined surgery and postoperative radiotherapy for oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma in Korea: analysis of 110 cases

International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 1099-1105

  Lim, Y C ^a,b   Hong, H J ^b   Baek, S J ^b   Park, J H ^b   Kim, G E ^b   Lee, C G ^b   Lew, D H ^b   Lee, W J ^b   Choi, E C ^b  

^a Konkuk University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

oropharyx; squamous cell carcinoma; surgery; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADENOID; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PHARYNX; RECURRENCE RISK; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT PALATE; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; KOREA; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PALATE, SOFT; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59349109205     PISSN: 09015027     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijom.2008.07.002     Document Type: Article

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