Small cell carcinoma of the head and neck: A single institution's experience and review of the literature

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 788-793

  Weng, Chia Tsun ^a   Chu, Pei Yi ^a   Liu, Mu Tai ^b   Chen, Mu Kuan ^b,c  

^a Head and Neck Surgery ^*  (Taiwan)

^b CHANGHUA CHRISTIAN HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemoradiation; Head and neck sites; Small cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; ETOPOSIDE;

ADRENAL METASTASIS; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXPERIENCE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; LARYNX CARCINOMA; LITERATURE; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NOSE CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 64349113829     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2008.OA0171     Document Type: Article

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