Retrospective analysis of 5037 patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated during 1976-1985: Overall survival and patterns of failure

International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1992, Pages 261-270

  Lee, Anne W M ^a   Poon, Y F ^a   Foo, William ^a   Law, Stephen C K ^a   Cheung, Fred K ^a   Chan, David K K ^a   Tung, Stewart Y ^a   Thaw, Myo ^a   Ho, John H C ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Failure free rates; Long term survival results; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Patterns of relapse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REMISSION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SQUAMOUS CELL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CHILD; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0026720425     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(92)90740-9     Document Type: Article

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