Radiotherapy for Head and Neck Cancer-Is the "Next Level" Down?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 645-646

  Mendenhall, William M ^a   Mancuso, Anthony A ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE;

CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EDITORIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK REDUCTION; TONSIL CANCER; TREATMENT PLANNING; XEROSTOMIA;

HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PAROTID GLAND; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 59649114584     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.08.061     Document Type: Editorial

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