Radiotherapy & Oncology
Volume 93, Issue 3 , Pages 516-523 , December 2009

Oral cavity squamous cell carcinoma in 260 patients aged 80years or more

  • Cécile Ortholan

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Address: Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Department of Radiotherapy, 33 Avenue de Valombrose, 06189 Nice Cedex 2, France.
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  • Antoine Lusinchi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Antoine Italiano

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Oncology, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • René-Jean Bensadoun

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Anne Auperin

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Gilles Poissonnet

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Alexandre Bozec

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Rodrigo Arriagada

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Stéphane Temam

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Karen Benezery

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Juliette Thariat

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Yungan Tao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • François Janot

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Gérard Mamelle

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Jacques Vallicioni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Philippe Follana

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Frédéric Peyrade

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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  • Anne Sudaka

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
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  • Jean Bourhis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Radiotherapy, Institut de Cancérologie Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.
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  • Olivier Dassonville

      Affiliations

    • Department of Head and Neck Surgery, Centre Antoine-Lacassagne, Nice, France
    • These authors contributed equally to this work.

Received 29 March 2009 ,Revised 26 July 2009 ,Accepted 27 July 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.07.015

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