Thirty-one patients with superior sulcus tumor (Pancoast's syndrome) treated with radiation between 1967 and 1980 were reviewed. Doses ranged from 2000 to 7000 cGy delivered with a continuous schedule (23 patients) and a split course regimen (8 patients). The overall survival at 5 years was 18% (med
Superior sulcus tumors: Results of irradiation of 36 patients
β Scribed by Ritsuko Komaki; James Roh; James D. Cox; Alberto Lopes Da Conceicao
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1981
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 568 KB
- Volume
- 48
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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