Outcomes of high dose rate interstitial boost brachytherapy after external beam radiation therapy in head and neck cancer-An Indian (single institutional) learning experience

Brachytherapy

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 248-254

  Patra, Niladri B ^a   Goswami, Jyotirup ^a   Basu, Swapnendu ^a   Chatterjee, Kaushik ^a   Sarkar, Shyamal K ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

HDR brachytherapy; Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinomas

Indexed keywords

IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DYSPHAGIA; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT RESPONSE; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67349099832     PISSN: 15384721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.brachy.2008.12.006     Document Type: Article

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