Postoperative radiotherapy for primary early oral tongue cancer with pathologic N1 neck

Head and Neck

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 555-561

  Chen, Tseng Cheng ^a   Wang, Chi Te ^b   Ko, Jenq Yuh ^a   Lou, Pei Jen ^a   Yang, Tsung Lin ^a,c   Ting, Lai Lei ^a   Wang, Chun Wei ^a   Hu, Ya Ling ^d   Wang, Cheng Ping ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CARDINAL TIEN COLLEGE OF HEALTHCARE AND MANAGEMENT   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Extracapsular spread; Recurrence; Squamous cell carcinoma; Survival; Tongue cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77951528634     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21217     Document Type: Article

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