T but not N stage predicts survival for patients with tonsillar carcinoma treated with external radiotherapy and brachytherapy

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 821-825

  Aziz, Luaay ^a   Nyman, Jan ^a   Edström, Staffan ^a  

^a SAHLGRENSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TONSIL CARCINOMA; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK DISSECTION; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; TONSILLAR NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77954526487     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903490085     Document Type: Article

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