Outcomes of patients with tonsillar carcinoma treated with post-tonsillectomy radiation therapy

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 473-480

  Yildirim, Gokcen ^a   Morrison, William H ^a   Rosenthal, David I ^a   Sturgis, Erich M ^a   Papadimitrakopoulou, Vassiliki A ^a   Schwartz, David L ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma; Tonsil; Tonsillectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COHORT STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS; TONSILLECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949353236     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21207     Document Type: Article

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