Re-irradiation in head and neck cases using IMRT technique: A retrospective study with toxicity and survival report

Head and Neck Oncology

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zygogianni, A ^a,b,c   Kyrgias, G ^b   Kouvaris, J ^c   Antypas, C ^c   Theodorou, K ^b   Papageorgiou, S ^a   Zacharogianni, G ^c   Kouloulias, V ^d  

^a IASO   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^d NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BRAIN METASTASIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAROTID ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISTANT METASTASIS; DYSPHAGIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LARYNGOPLASTY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPHADENOPATHY; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; ODYNOPHAGIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION HAZARD; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SKIN TOXICITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; VOCAL CORD PARALYSIS;

EID: 84872691968     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17583284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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