Hypofractionated accelerated CT-guided interstitial 192Ir-HDR- Brachytherapy as re-irradiation in inoperable recurrent cervical lymphadenopathy from head and neck cancer

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 98, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-62

  Tselis, Nikolaos ^a   Ratka, Markus ^a   Vogt, Hans Georg ^a   Kolotas, Christos ^b   Baghi, Mehran ^c   Baltas, Dimos ^a   Fountzilas, George ^d   Georgoulias, Vassilios ^e   Ackermann, Hanns ^c   Zamboglou, Nikolaos ^a  

^a Klinikum Offenbach   (Germany)

^b Hirslanden Medical Center   (Switzerland)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d PAPAGEORGIOU GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

CT based treatment planning; CT guided interstitial brachytherapy; Head and neck cancer; Recurrent neck metastases

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; DOCETAXEL; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; OXALIPLATIN; PACLITAXEL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; INOPERABLE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH CANCER; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RETREATMENT; SURVIVAL; TREATMENT PLANNING; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IRIDIUM RADIOISOTOPES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78651363177     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.10.025     Document Type: Article

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