Management of base of tongue squamous cell carcinoma: Experience with 85 patients in Taipei Veterans General Hospital

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association

Volumn 74, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 220-225

  Tseng, Wei Chi ^a,b   Chang, Shyue Yih ^a,b   Chu, Pen Yuan ^a,b   Tai, Shyh Kuan ^a,b   Wang, Yi Feng ^a,b   Shiao, An Suey ^a,b   Tsai, Tung Lung ^a,b  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Base of tongue; Chemoradiation; Oropharynx; Radiation; Squamous cell carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TAIWAN; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79955598454     PISSN: 17264901     EISSN: 17287731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcma.2011.03.007     Document Type: Article

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