Long-term regional control in the observed neck following definitive chemoradiation for node-positive oropharyngeal squamous cell cancer

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1214-1221

  Goenka, Anuj ^a   Morris, Luc G T ^a   Rao, Shyam S ^a   Wolden, Suzanne L ^a   Wong, Richard J ^a   Kraus, Dennis H ^a   Ohri, Nisha ^a   Setton, Jeremy ^a   Lok, Benjamin H ^a   Riaz, Nadeem ^a   Mychalczak, Borys R ^a   Schoder, Heiko ^a   Ganly, Ian ^a   Shah, Jatin P ^a   Pfister, David G ^a   Zelefsky, Michael J ^a   Lee, Nancy Y ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

neck dissection; observation; oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma; PET

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BEVACIZUMAB; CARBOPLATIN; CETUXIMAB; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; PACLITAXEL;

ADJUVANT CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NECK DISSECTION; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

NECK DISSECTION; OBSERVATION; OROPHARYNGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; PET;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECK; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PAPILLOMAVIRIDAE; POSITRON-EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY AND COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY;

EID: 84879199070     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28120     Document Type: Article

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