Brachytherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer

Janusz Skowronek; Małgorzata Wierzbicka

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Postępy w chirurgii głowy i szyi/Advances in Head and Neck Surgery

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1/2004
vol. 3

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Brachytherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer

Janusz Skowronek

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Małgorzata Wierzbicka

Post Chir Głowy i Szyi 2004; 1: 3–14

Online publish date: 2004/03/31

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The paper presents principles of brachytherapy, indications for this treatment and treatment results in head and neck cancer patients. The indications for applying brachytherapy in particular primaries including tongue, floor of the mouth, hard palate, buccal mucosa, nasopharynx, lip and nasal vestibule are discussed. Selected results of brachytherapy as an independent treatment and that combined with teletherapy in floor of the mouth cancer, nasopharynx tumors and head and neck cancer relapses are shown.

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Brachytherapy in the treatment of head and neck cancer

Janusz Skowronek , Małgorzata Wierzbicka

brachytherapy, High-Dose-Rate, Pulsed-Dose-Rate, methods of treatment, head and neck cancer

Janusz Skowronek

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Małgorzata Wierzbicka