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Radiotherapy for patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma

Univariate and multivariate analyses in a group of consecutive, unselected patients

  1. Giovanni Franchin M.D.1,†,*,
  2. Emilio Minatel M.D.1,
  3. Carlo Gobitti M.D.1,
  4. Renato Talamini S.C.D.2,
  5. Emanuela Vaccher M.D.3,
  6. Giovanna Sartor S.C.D.4,
  7. Doriano Politi M.D.5,
  8. Mauro G. Trovò M.D.1,
  9. Luigi Barzan M.D.5

Article first published online: 1 JUL 2003

DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11575

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Cancer

Cancer

Volume 98, Issue 4, pages 765–772, 15 August 2003

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Franchin, G., Minatel, E., Gobitti, C., Talamini, R., Vaccher, E., Sartor, G., Politi, D., Trovò, M. G. and Barzan, L. (2003), Radiotherapy for patients with early-stage glottic carcinoma. Cancer, 98: 765–772. doi: 10.1002/cncr.11575

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  1. 1

    Department of Radiotherapy, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

  2. 2

    Department of Epidemiology, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

  3. 3

    Department of Medical Oncology A, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

  4. 4

    Department of Medical Physics, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico, Aviano, Italy

  5. 5

    Head and Neck Department, Azienda Ospedaliera, Pordenone, Italy

  1. †

    Fax: (011) 39 0434 659 524

*Department of Radiotherapy, Centro di Riferimento Oncologico—IRCCS, 33081 Aviano (PN), Italy

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  1. Issue published online: 1 AUG 2003
  2. Article first published online: 1 JUL 2003
  3. Manuscript Accepted: 12 MAY 2003
  4. Manuscript Revised: 2 MAY 2003
  5. Manuscript Received: 11 FEB 2003

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