TONSIL CARCINOMA ??? TREATMENT RESULTS
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Squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil--clinical features and treatment results.
Squamous cell carcinoma of the tonsil has a relatively poor prognosis. Aggressive surgery, radiation therapy and combinations of irradiation and surgery have been employed but there exists some controversy about the efficacy of these treatment modalities. The purpose of this paper is to compare the efficacy of treatment between the surgery followed by radiation therapy and the preoperative radi...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Laryngoscope
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0023-852X
DOI: 10.1288/00005537-197911000-00019