T h e results of treatment with radiation therapy of 65 cases of epidermoid carcinoma of the palatine tonsil have been reviewed. The major determinant of prognosis is the stage of the primary lesion. Failure usually results from the inability to control local grossly detectable tumor. Thirteen of th
Controversies: Carcinoma of the tonsil
β Scribed by Nancy L. Snyderman; Marshall Strome; Paul Ward; Jonas Johnson; Helmuth Goepfert
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 393 KB
- Volume
- 15
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1043-3074
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