A single-institutional experience of 15 years of treating T3 laryngeal cancer with primary radiotherapy, with or without chemotherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1000-1006

  Al Mamgani, Abrahim ^a   Tans, Lisa ^a   Van Rooij, Peter ^a   Levendag, Peter C ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chemoradiotherapy; Head and neck cancer; Laryngeal cancer; Quality of life; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; LARYNGEAL CANCER; LOCAL CONTROL; LOCOREGIONAL CONTROL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGAN PRESERVATION; OVERALL SURVIVAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIOTHERAPY ALONE; VOICE QUALITY;

CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CHEMOTHERAPY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

QUALITY CONTROL;

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LARYNGECTOMY; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LARYNGECTOMY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGAN SPARING TREATMENTS; PATIENT SELECTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION INJURIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VOICE QUALITY;

EID: 84861622357     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2011.07.045     Document Type: Article

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