Effectiveness of image-guided radiotherapy for laryngeal sparing in head and neck cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 283-286

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Ceizyk, Misty ^a   Vos, Paul ^b   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^c   Davis, Rick ^a   Desai, Anand ^a   Abraham, Dave ^a   Krafft, Shane P ^a   Jang, Siyoung ^a   Watchman, Christopher J ^a   Ewell, Lars ^a   Hamilton, Russ ^a   Smith Raymond, Lexie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; IGRT; Laryngeal sparing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; IMAGING; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ARIZONA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNX; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHARYNGEAL MUSCLES; PHARYNX; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77949569228     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.01.010     Document Type: Article

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