Does vocal cord fixation preclude non-surgical management of laryngeal cancer?

Laryngoscope

Volumn 119, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages S87-

  Solares, C Arturo ^a   Wood, Benjamin ^a   Rodriguez, Cristina P ^b   Lorenz, Robert R ^a   Scharpf, Joseph ^a   Saxton, Jerrold ^b   Rybicki, Lisa A ^c   Strome, Marshall ^d   Esclamado, Ramon ^e   Lavertu, Pierre ^f   Adelstein, David J ^b  

^a LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b TAUSSIG CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Department of Quantitative Health Sciences ^*  (United States)

^d Head and Neck Surgical Group   (United States)

^e DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CARCINOMA; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 68449098298     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.20372     Document Type: Article

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