Radiochemotherapy versus surgery plus radio(chemo)therapy for stage T3/T4 larynx and hypopharynx cancer - Results of a matched-pair analysis

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 2729-2734

  Rades, Dirk ^a   Schroeder, Ursula ^a   Bajrovic, Amira ^b   Schild, Steven E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Hypopharynx cancer; Larynx cancer; Radiochemotherapy; Surgery; Treatment outcomes

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING;

EID: 82255162938     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.06.013     Document Type: Article

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