## Abstract ## Background. The purpose of this study was to examine the longβterm outcome of a cohort of patients with unresected base of tongue carcinoma who received interstitial brachytherapy after comprehensive external beam radiation therapy. ## Methods. Between 1983 and 2000, 122 patients
Base of tongue carcinoma: treatment results using concomitant boost radiotherapy
β Scribed by H. Morrison William; C. Mak Albert; Ang K. Kian; Adam Garden; J. Peters Lester
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1994
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 144 KB
- Volume
- 30
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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