Melanoma Metastases to the Neck Nodes: Role of Adjuvant Irradiation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1039-1045

  Strojan, Primož ^a   Jančar, Boris ^a   Čemažar, Maja ^a   Perme, Maja Pohar ^b   Hočevar, Marko ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Head and neck; Melanoma; Radiotherapy; Regional control; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; EQUIVALENT DOSE; FRACTIONATED RADIOTHERAPY; FRACTIONATION PATTERNS; HAZARD RATIO; HEAD AND NECK; LOGISTIC REGRESSIONS; LYMPH NODE; MELANOMA; MELANOMA METASTASIS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NEGATIVE IMPACTS; POSTOPERATIVE RADIOTHERAPY; RISK FACTORS; SLOVENIA;

DECISION MAKING; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASE CONTROL; IRRADIATION; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; ONCOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; SOFTWARE TESTING; SURGERY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MELANOMA; NECK DISSECTION; NECK METASTASIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOMUCOSITIS; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SLOVENIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MELANOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NECK DISSECTION; PAROTID NEOPLASMS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SLOVENIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953569315     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.06.071     Document Type: Article

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