Palliative Radiation Therapy for Head and Neck Cancers
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Radiation therapy for head and neck cancers.
A general review of the therapeutic experience of the management of carcinoma of the head and neck at the Massachusetts General Hospital and Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary is presented. Early lesions are highly curable by radiation therapy alone; the advanced lesions are preferably treated by combined irradiation and surgery, with improved survival rates. Concepts of various approaches are...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0360-3016
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2019.05.024