A Prognostic Index for Predicting Lymph Node Metastasis in Minor Salivary Gland Cancer

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 169-175

  Lloyd, Shane ^a   Yu, James B ^a   Ross, Douglas A ^b   Wilson, Lynn D ^a   Decker, Roy H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ST VINCENT S MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Lymph nodes; Minor salivary glands; Radiation therapy; Risk factors; SEER program

Indexed keywords

LYMPH NODE; RADIATION THERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SALIVARY GLANDS; SEER PROGRAM;

BODY FLUIDS; DECISION MAKING; FAULT TOLERANT COMPUTER SYSTEMS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING SYSTEMS; PATHOLOGY; TUMORS;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACINAR CELL CARCINOMA; ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SIZE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, ACINAR CELL; CARCINOMA, ADENOID CYSTIC; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NECK; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM STAGING; NOSE NEOPLASMS; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; SALIVARY GLAND NEOPLASMS; SALIVARY GLANDS, MINOR; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 72049116022     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.021     Document Type: Article

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