Advances in radiotherapy for head and neck cancer

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 439-441

  Bhide, S A ^a   Nutting, C M ^a  

^a ROYAL MARSDEN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; IMAGE GUIDED RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; RADIATION DOSE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; TREATMENT PLANNING; VOLUMATED INTENSITY MODULATED ARC THERAPY; XEROSTOMIA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 77952743347     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.03.005     Document Type: Review

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