Efficacy and toxicity of an accelerated hypofractionated radiation therapy protocol in cats with oral squamous cell carcinoma

Veterinary Radiology and Ultrasound

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 81-88

  Poirier, Valérie J ^a   Kaser Hotz, Barbara ^b   Vail, David M ^c   Straw, Rodney C ^a  

^a Veterinary Specialist Centre   (Australia)

^b Animal Oncology and Imaging Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cat; Megavoltage; Tumor

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAT; CAT DISEASE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; MALE; MEGAVOLTAGE RADIOTHERAPY; MORTALITY; MOUTH TUMOR; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; MALE; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

FELIDAE; FISTULA;

EID: 84872165330     PISSN: 10588183     EISSN: 17408261     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-8261.2012.01970.x     Document Type: Article

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