Proton radiation therapy for head and neck cancer: A review of the clinical experience to date

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 292-302

  Holliday, Emma B ^a   Frank, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; PROTON BEAMS; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

CLINICAL EXPERIENCE; CRITICAL STRUCTURES; EARLY AND LATE TOXICITIES; HEAD-AND-NECK CANCER; MULTIMODALITY THERAPY; NORMAL STRUCTURE; PROTON RADIATION THERAPY; PROTON THERAPY;

PROTON BEAM THERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; PROTON;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NOSE CAVITY TUMOR; OROPHARYNX CANCER; PARANASAL SINUS TUMOR; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON THERAPY; SKULL TUMOR; TOXICITY;

CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; FORECASTING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NOSE NEOPLASMS; ORGANS AT RISK; OROPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROTON THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84899831047     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: 1879355X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2014.02.029     Document Type: Review

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