Comparison of radiotherapy strategies for locally advanced hypopharyngeal cancer after resection and ileocolic flap reconstruction

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 129, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 311-317

  Tai, Hung Chi ^c   Hsieh, Chen Hsi ^a,c   Chao, K Clifford ^b   Liu, Shih Hua ^c   Leu, Yi Shing ^c   Chang, Yih Fang ^c   Hsiao, Hung Tao ^c   Chang, Yuan Ching ^c   Huang, David Y C ^d   Chen, Yu Jen ^c,e,f  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^c MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^e CHINESE CULTURE UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

3D conformal radiotherapy; Hypopharyngeal cancer; Ileocolic flap; Intensity modulated radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE FLAP; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPINAL CORD; SURGICAL FLAPS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61649100339     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480802163366     Document Type: Article

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