Freedom From Local and Regional Failure of Contralateral Neck With Ipsilateral Neck Radiotherapy for Node-Positive Tonsil Cancer: Results of a Prospective Management Approach

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1365-1370

  Rusthoven, Kyle E ^a   Raben, David ^a   Schneider, Charles ^b   Witt, Robert ^b   Sammons, Sarah ^b   Raben, Adam ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b Helen Graham Cancer Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ipsilateral; Node positive; Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsil

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EVENTS; COMMON TERMINOLOGY CRITERIA; CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; DISTANT METASTASIS; IN-FIELD; IPSILATERAL; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE; NODE-POSITIVE; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; RADIATION THERAPY ONCOLOGY GROUPS; REGIONAL FAILURES; SOFT PALATES; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL; XEROSTOMIA;

CELL MEMBRANES; CHEMOTHERAPY; ONCOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY; TOXICITY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; PLATINUM; TAXANE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SURVIVAL RATE; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67651109073     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.023     Document Type: Article

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