Outcome in recurrent head neck cancer treated with salvage-IMRT
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Outcome in recurrent head neck cancer treated with salvage-IMRT
BACKGROUND Recurrent head neck cancer (rHNC) is a known unfavourable prognostic condition.The purpose of this work was to analyse our rHNC subgroup treated with salvage-intensity modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) for curable recurrence after initial surgery alone. PATIENTS Between 4/2003-9/2008, 44 patients with squamous cell rHNC were referred for IMRT, mean/median 33/21 (3-144) months afte...
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عنوان ژورنال: Radiation Oncology
سال: 2008
ISSN: 1748-717X
DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-3-43