Carcinoma of the nasopharynx treated by radiotherapy alone: Determinants of distant metastasis and survival

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-61

  Geara, Fady B ^a   Sanguineti, Giuseppe ^b   Tucker, Susan L ^a   Garden, Adam S ^a   Ang, K Kian ^a   Morrison, William H ^a   Peters, Lester J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

distant metastasis; nasopharyngeal cancer; radiotherapy; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030891823     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(97)01914-2     Document Type: Article

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