Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 96-102 , June 2010

Treatment Results and Prognostic Factors for Locally Advanced Buccal Cancer

  • Feng-Chun Hsu

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Tze-Ta Huang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Yen Chiou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ching-Chih Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Moon-Sing Lee

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Hsuan Hsiao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Otolaryngology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Hon-Yi Lin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Chieh Su

      Affiliations

    • Department of Hematological Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shih-Kai Hung

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, Chiayi, Taiwan
    • School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University, Hualien, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Radiation Oncology, Buddhist Dalin Tzu Chi General Hospital, 2, Ming-Sheng Road, Dalin, Chiayi, Taiwan

Received 8 March 2010 ,Revised 25 March 2010 ,Accepted 6 April 2010.

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doi: 10.1016/S1016-3190(10)60048-1

Tzu Chi Medical Journal
Volume 22, Issue 2 , Pages 96-102 , June 2010

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