A novel tool for the objective measurement of neck fibrosis: Validation in clinical practice

Journal of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 320-326

  Chin, Christopher J ^a   Franklin, Jason H ^a   Turner, Benjamin ^b,c   Moukarbel, Roger V ^a   Chandarana, Shamir ^c   Fung, Kevin ^a   Yoo, John ^a   Doyle, Philip C ^a,b  

^a LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer; Fibrosis; Head; Neck; Radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CUTOMETER; ELASTICITY; FEMALE; FIBROSIS; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; KRUSKAL WALLIS TEST; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL DEVICE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NECK FIBROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RIGIDITY; SKIN;

ELASTICITY; FIBROSIS; HARDNESS TESTS; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; PALPATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN;

EID: 84868226824     PISSN: 19160216     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2310/7070.2012.00040     Document Type: Article

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