Radio(chemo)therapy in the management of squamous cell carcinoma of cervical lymph nodes from an unknown primary site: A retrospective analysis

Strahlentherapie und Onkologie

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-61

  Fakhrian, K ^a   Thamm, R ^a   Knapp, S ^a   Molls, M ^a   Pigorsch, S ^a   Haller, B ^a   Geinitz, H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

CUP; Lymph nodes; Neoplasm metastases; Radiotherapy; Unknown primary tumors

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPH NODE DISSECTION; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMUOS CELL CARCINOMA OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC IRRADIATION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84856355184     PISSN: 01797158     EISSN: 1439099X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00066-011-0017-8     Document Type: Article

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