Effectiveness of radiochemotherapy on lymph node metastases in patients with stage IV oropharyngeal cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1007-1016

  Sapundzhiev, Nikolay R ^a   Barth, Peter J ^a   Vacha, Peter ^a   Dünne, Anja A ^a   Moll, Roland ^a   Engenhart Cabillic, Rita ^a   Werner, Jochen A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Neck metastases; Oropharyngeal cancer; Radiochemotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; MITOMYCIN C; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY;

EID: 7044227469     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2004.05.008     Document Type: Article

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