The AMORE Protocol for Advanced-Stage and Recurrent Nonorbital Rhabdomyosarcoma in the Head-and-Neck Region of Children: A Radiation Oncology View

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1555-1562

  Blank, Leo E C M ^a   Koedooder, Kees ^a   Pieters, Bradley R ^a   van der Grient, Hans N B ^a   van de Kar, Marlou ^a   Buwalda, Joeri ^b   Balm, Alfons J M ^c   Merks, Johannes H M ^c   Strackee, Simon D ^a   Freling, Nicole J ^a   Koning, Caro C E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c EMMA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Head and neck; Multidisciplinary treatment; Rhabdomyosarcomas

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CLINICAL TARGET VOLUMES; DISTANT METASTASIS; HEAD AND NECK; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCAL RECURRENCE; MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH; MULTIDISCIPLINARY TREATMENT; NECK REGION; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PRIMARY TREATMENT; RADIATION ONCOLOGY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMAS; SALVAGE TREATMENT; SECOND PRIMARY TUMORS; SIDE EFFECT; SURGICAL DEFECTS; SURVIVAL RATE; THERMOPLASTIC RUBBERS; THICK LAYERS; TUMOR RESECTION;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CHEMOTHERAPY; MOLDS; ONCOLOGY; TRANSPLANTATION (SURGICAL); TUMORS;

RUBBER MOLDS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADVANCED CANCER; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PLASTIC SURGERY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENT CANCER; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; SCHOOL CHILD; SECOND CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BRACHYTHERAPY; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MODELS, ANATOMIC; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECONSTRUCTIVE SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 67651112128     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.10.029     Document Type: Article

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