Hyperthermia with radiation in the treatment of locally advanced head and neck cancer: A report of randomized trial

Journal of Cancer Research and Therapeutics

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 492-496

  Huilgol, Nagraj G ^a   Gupta, Sapna ^a   Sridhar, C R ^a  

^a DR BALABHAI NANAVATI HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Chemoradiation; head and neck cancer; hyperthermia; radiofrequency

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; APPLICATION SITE DISCOMFORT; ARTICLE; BURN; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TEMPERATURE STRESS; THERAPY EFFECT; THERMOMETRY; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADULT; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; HYPERTHERMIA, INDUCED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 79952404375     PISSN: 09731482     EISSN: 19984138     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0973-1482.77101     Document Type: Article

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