Current status and perspectives of brachytherapy for head and neck cancer

International Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 2-6

  Shibuya, Hitoshi ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Complication; Head and neck cancer; QOL

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

BONE INJURY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; DOSIMETRY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; JAW DISEASE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MENTAL HEALTH; MOUTH CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; RESPIRATORY TRACT TUMOR; REVIEW; TONGUE CANCER; TREATMENT INDICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VISCERAL METASTASIS;

BRACHYTHERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSAGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 60649120601     PISSN: 13419625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10147-008-0859-y     Document Type: Review

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