Preoperative radiochemotherapy in the treatment of advanced oral cancer: Outcome of 276 patients

Journal of Cranio-Maxillofacial Surgery

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 344-347

  Klug, Clemens ^a,b   Berzaczy, Dominik ^a,b   Voracek, Martin ^a,b   Nell, Christina ^a,b   Ploder, Oliver ^b,c   Millesi, Werner ^b,d   Ewers, Rolf ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^c Feldkirch Hospital   (Austria)

^d LUDWIG BOLTZMANN INSTITUTE FOR LUNG VASCULAR RESEARCH   (Austria)

Author keywords

advanced oral and oropharyngeal cancer; head and neck; preoperative radiochemotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PROBABILITY; RADIATION DOSE; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOMYCIN; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PREOPERATIVE CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 68049142990     PISSN: 10105182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcms.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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