Management of advanced carcinoma of the base of tongue

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 713-718

  Karatzanis, Alexander D ^a   Psychogios, Georgios ^b   Mantsopoulos, Konstantinos ^b   Zenk, Johannes ^b   Velegrakis, George A ^a   Waldfahrer, Frank ^b   Iro, Heinrich ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

base of tongue; cancer; carcinoma; local control; oropharynx; prognosis; surgery; survival; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TONGUE CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TONGUE NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84867867494     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: 10969098     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jso.23135     Document Type: Article

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