Twenty-nine patients treated with postoperative radiotherapy for malignant tumors of the parotid gland were reviewed at the Joint Center for Radiation Therapy. Most patients were treated between 5,000 and 6,500 rad. All were treated because of microscopic residual disease, extra capsular extension,
Treatment of malignant tumors in the parotid glands
โ Scribed by Jens Witten; Finn Hybert; Hanne Sand Hansen
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 535 KB
- Volume
- 65
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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