Improved outcomes in adjuvant radiotherapy for oral cavity carcinoma at an academic center: A matched-pair analysis

Laryngoscope

Volumn 124, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1603-1608

  George, Jonathan R ^a   Yom, Sue S ^a   Wang, Steven J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

academic medical center; adjuvant therapy; chemoradiation; Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma; oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma; radiation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MOUTH SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER; ADJUVANT THERAPY; CHEMORADIATION; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ORAL CAVITY SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; RADIATION;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORAL SURGICAL PROCEDURES; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84902993729     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: 15314995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/lary.24552     Document Type: Conference Paper

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