Background. To analyze the likelihood of salvage for patients with recurrence in the neck after radiotherapy. Method. Recurrent disease developed in the neck of 51 patients after primary irradiation for head and neck carcinoma. Salvage was defined as no recurrence of cancer anywhere for at least 1
Squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck treated with radiation therapy: The role of neck dissection for clinically positive neck nodes
β Scribed by William M. Mendenhall; Rodney R. Million; Nicholas J. Cassisi
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 926 KB
- Volume
- 12
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-3016
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