Early-stage squamous cell carcinoma of the lip: The Australian experience and the benefits of radiotherapy in improving outcome in high-risk patients after resection

Head and Neck

Volumn 35, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1426-1430

  Najim, Maria ^a   Cross, Shamira ^a   Gebski, Val ^a   Palme, Carsten E ^a   Morgan, Gary J ^a   Veness, Michael J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

external beam; Lip cancer; radiotherapy; squamous cell carcinoma; surgery

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIP CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME;

EXTERNAL BEAM; LIP CANCER; RADIOTHERAPY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURGERY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884901153     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.23148     Document Type: Article

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