Radiotherapy on the neck nodes predicts severe weight loss in patients with early stage laryngeal cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 80-85

  Langius, Jacqueline A E ^a   Doornaert, Patricia ^a   Spreeuwenberg, Marieke D ^a   Langendijk, Johannes A ^b   Leemans, C René ^a   Schueren, Marian A E Van Bokhorst De Van Der ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Laryngeal carcinoma; Malnutrition; Oral complications; Radiotherapy; Weight loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PAIN; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DYSPHAGIA; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEGLUTITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK FACTORS; STOMATITIS; WEIGHT LOSS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 77957875132     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.02.017     Document Type: Article

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