Time-dose factors in positive neck nodes treated with irradiation only.

Taylor, J M; Mendenhall, W M; Lavey, R S · Radiother Oncol · 1991

retrospective_cohort · Level III

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Abstract

This article describes an analysis of time-dose and clinical factors which affect the 2 year rate of control of cervical node metastases from squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck following external beam radiotherapy in a series of 140 patients. We find that node diameter and normalized total dose are the most important factors, and that overall treatment time is not statistically significant.

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