Intimal-medial thickness and carotid arteries lumen in irradiated patients for head and neck cancer: Preliminary data of an observational study

Clinical and Translational Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 861-864

  Faruolo, M ^a   Fiorentino, A ^a   Gallucci, G ^a   Lapadula, L ^a   Fusco, V ^a  

^a REFERRAL CANCER CENTER OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carotid artery; Head and neck cancer; Radiation; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLOR ULTRASOUND FLOWMETRY; COMMON CAROTID ARTERY; DOPPLER DEVICE; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAROTID ARTERIES; CAROTID ARTERY DISEASES; CAROTID INTIMA-MEDIA THICKNESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY AS TOPIC; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; RISK FACTORS; TUNICA MEDIA; ULTRASONOGRAPHY, DOPPLER, COLOR;

EID: 84885183051     PISSN: 1699048X     EISSN: 16993055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12094-013-1023-3     Document Type: Article

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