Treatment Results of Postoperative Radiotherapy on Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity: Coexistence of Multiple Minor Risk Factors Results in Higher Recurrence Rates

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1024-1029

  Fan, Kang Hsing ^a,d,e   Wang, Hung Ming ^b,c,d   Kang, Chung Jan ^a,d   Lee, Li Yu ^c,d,e   Huang, Shiang Fu ^c,d,e   Lin, Chien Yu ^a,d,e   Chen, Eric Yen Chao ^a,d   Chen, I How ^c,d   Liao, Chun Ta ^c,d   Chang, Joseph Tung Chieh ^a,c,d  

^a LOTUNG POH AI HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e Graduate Institute of Clinical Medical Sciences   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Head and neck neoplasms; Neoplasms of the oral cavity; Postoperative radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT THERAPY; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NODAL METASTASIS; ORAL CAVITY; PERINEURAL INVASION; POSITIVE SURGICAL MARGIN; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; RADICAL SURGERY; RECURRENCE-FREE SURVIVAL; RISK FACTORS; SIGNIFICANT FACTORS; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR INVASION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; RADIOTHERAPY;

TUMORS;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HARD PALATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOUTH CARCINOMA; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PERINEURIUM; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RECURRENCE RISK; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77953566272     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.064     Document Type: Article

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