Radiotherapy for T1 and T2 laryngeal cancer: The Dalhousie University experience

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 434-439

  Hafidh, Maky ^a   Tibbo, Jamie ^a   Trites, Jonathan ^a   Corsten, Gerard ^a   Hart, Robert D ^a   Nasser, Joe ^a   Wilke, Derek ^a   Taylor, S Mark ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Larynx; Outcome; Radiotherapy; Salvage surgery; Squamous

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LARYNX SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LASER THERAPY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SALVAGE THERAPY;

EID: 70349237053     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2009.080186     Document Type: Article

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