Radiotherapy for cutaneous malignancies of the head and neck

Operative Techniques in Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 59-62

  Plichta, Kristin ^a   Mackley, Heath B ^a  

^a PENN STATE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cutaneous maligancies; Head and neck; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CATARACT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONJUNCTIVITIS; DRY NOSE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HAIR LOSS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; MALIGNANT LENTIGO; MERKEL CELL TUMOR; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAROTITIS; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DERMATITIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SECOND CANCER; SKIN ATROPHY; TELANGIECTASIA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 84875881133     PISSN: 10431810     EISSN: 15579395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.otot.2012.12.004     Document Type: Article

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