Stereotactic body radiotherapy: A promising treatment option for the boost of oropharyngeal cancers not suitable for brachytherapy: A single-institutional experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1494-1500

  Al Mamgani, Abrahim ^a   Tans, Lisa ^a   Teguh, David N ^a   Van Rooij, Peter ^a   Zwijnenburg, Ellen M ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; Oropharyngeal cancer; Radiosurgery; Stereotactic body radiotherapy; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; LOCAL CONTROL; OROPHARYNGEAL CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; RADIOSURGERY; SIDE EFFECT; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIOTHERAPY; TREATMENT BREAK; XEROSTOMIA;

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; PHYSICAL THERAPY; TOXICITY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CISPLATIN;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC TOXICITY; DERMATITIS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NAUSEA; NECK; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAIN; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SALIVARY GLAND DISEASE; STEREOTACTIC BODY RADIATION THERAPY; TASTE DISORDER; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOSURGERY;

EID: 84857921667     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.05.019     Document Type: Article

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