Postoperative strategies after primary surgery for squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck

Oral Oncology

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 577-585

  Langendijk, Johannes A ^a   Ferlito, Alfio ^b   Takes, Robert P ^c   Rodrigo, Juan P ^d,e   Suárez, Carl ^d,e   Strojan, Primo ^f   Haigentz Jr , Missak ^g   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^f INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^g ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Postoperative chemoradiation; Postoperative radiotherapy; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; HYDROXYUREA; MITOMYCIN C;

ADULT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CLINICAL TRIAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE RESPONSE; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; NECK DISSECTION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77955517457     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2010.03.023     Document Type: Review

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