## Abstract ## BACKGROUND An intensified treatment regimen for previously untreated Stage III and IV resectable oral cavity, oropharyngeal, or hypopharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma was analyzed to assess disease control, patient compliance, and toxicity. ## METHODS Forty three patients with pre
Neoadjuvant Radiochemotherapy and Radical Resection for Advanced Squamous Cell Carcinoma of the Oral Cavity
✍ Scribed by Hans Theodor Eich; Michael Löschcke; Martin Scheer; Martin Kocher; Rudolf Bongartz; Sidonie Wacker; Joachim E. Zöller; Rolf-Peter Müller
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 351 KB
- Volume
- 184
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-7158
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