Disease-specific survival and locoregional control in tonsillar carcinoma

Clinical Otolaryngology and Allied Sciences

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 550-556

  Mak Kregar, S ^a   Hilgers, F J M ^b   Levendag, P C ^c   Manni, J J ^d   Hart, A A M ^b   Visser, O ^a   Knegt, P P M ^c   Marres, H A M ^d   Ten Broek, F W ^e   Burlage, F R ^f   Van Der Beek, J M H ^g   Baatenburg De Jong, R J ^h  

^a Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^b ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^g MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Lacoregional control; Survival; Tonsillar carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; OROPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TONSIL CARCINOMA; UNDIFFERENTIATED CARCINOMA;

EID: 8044233068     PISSN: 03077772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2273.1996.tb01110.x     Document Type: Article

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