Radiotherapy for perineural invasion in cutaneous head and neck carcinomas: Toward a risk-adapted treatment approach

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 604-610

  Jackson, James E ^a   Dickie, Graeme J ^a   Wiltshire, Kirsty L ^b   Keller, Jacqui ^a   Tripcony, Lee ^a   Poulsen, Michael G ^c   Hughes, Mary ^a   Allison, Roger W ^a   Martin, Jarad M ^a,d  

^a ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c MATER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d Radiation Oncology Queensland   (Australia)

Author keywords

Basal cell carcinoma; Head and neck neoplasms; Pathology; Peripheral nerves; Radiotherapy; Skin neoplasms; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CRANIAL NERVE; ENUCLEATION; FACIAL NERVE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFRAORBITAL NERVE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDIBULAR NERVE; MAXILLARY NERVE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OCULOMOTOR NERVE; OPHTHALMIC NERVE; PERINEURAL METASTASIS; PERINEURIUM; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CATARACT; RETINITIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRIGEMINAL NERVE; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PERIPHERAL NERVES; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SKIN NEOPLASMS;

EID: 66349096441     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20991     Document Type: Article

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