## Abstract ## Background Tumor volume is an important predictor of outcome in radiotherapy alone. Its significance in concomitant chemoradiation (CCRT) is much less clear. We analyzed the prognostic value of primary tumor volume for advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) treated w
Usefulness of Tumor Volumetry as a Prognostic Factor of Survival in Head and Neck Cancer
✍ Scribed by Ralf Kurek; Anna Kalogera-Fountzila; Klaus Muskalla; Urania Dafni; Thomas Schnabel; Bernhard Kober; Sandra Röddiger; Thomas Martin; George Fountzilas; Nikolaos Zamboglou
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- German
- Weight
- 105 KB
- Volume
- 179
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0179-7158
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