Radiosurgery for skull base malignancies and nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 997-1003

  Cmelak, Anthony J ^a,b   Cox, Richard S ^a   Adler, John R ^a   Fee Jr , Willard E ^a   Goffinet, Don R ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignancy; Nasopharynx; Radiosurgery; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; SKULL BASE TUMOR; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SKULL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030918330     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00111-9     Document Type: Article

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