## Abstract ## Background. The literature is scarce regarding the use of interstitial high‐dose‐rate brachytherapy (I‐HDR) as adjuvant treatment of the cervical region, and most reports are focused on primary tumors of the mobile tongue and oropharynx. We evaluated the outcome and morbidity relate
Pulsed–dose rate brachytherapy with concomitant chemotherapy and interstitial hyperthermia in patients with recurrent head-and-neck cancer
✍ Scribed by Matthias Geiger; Vratislav Strnad; Michael Lotter; Rolf Sauer
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2002
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 131 KB
- Volume
- 1
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1538-4721
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