Sarcoma of the head and neck region following irradiation for primary malignancy other than retinoblastoma has rarely been reported. Three cases of postirradiation sarcoma arising in the head and neck region following definitive radiotherapy for primary malignancies of the nasal cavity, paranasal si
Postirradiation sarcoma of the head and neck
โ Scribed by Rufus J. Mark; Jeffrey W. Bailet; Joseph Poen; Luu M. Tran; Thomas C. Calcaterra; Elliot Abemayor; Yao S. Fu; Robert G. Parker
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1993
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 764 KB
- Volume
- 72
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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