Effectiveness of radiotherapy for elderly patients with non-melanoma skin cancer of the head

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 601-605

  Nguyen, Nam P ^a   Ries, Tiffany ^b   Vock, Jacqueline ^c   Vos, Paul ^d   Chi, Alexander ^e   Vinh Hung, Vincent ^f   Thompson, Stephen ^g   Desai, Anand ^h   Sroka, Thomas ⁱ   Vo, Richard A ^j   Gelumbauskas, Steve ^b   Hamilton, Russell ^b   Karlsson, Ulf ^k   Mignault, Alan ^b  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Lindenhofspital ^*  (Sweden)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f University Hospital of Martinique   (France)

^g Santa Cruz Radiation Oncology   (United States)

^h AKRON CITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

ⁱ DARTMOUTH COLLEGE   (United States)

^j UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^k MARSHFIELD CLINIC   (United States)

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Author keywords

Cosmesis; Elderly patients; Local control; Radiotherapy; Skin cancer of the head

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEAD CANCER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER OF THE HEAD; ONCOLOGY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; MELANOMA; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MELANOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKIN NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84928102135     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ggi.12319     Document Type: Article

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