Nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Epidemiology and results of treatment;Het nasofarynxcarcinoom: Epidemiologie en behandelingsresultaten

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 141, Issue 48, 1997, Pages 2346-2350

  Balm, A J M ^a   Plaat, B E C ^a,b   Hart, A A M ^a   Hilgers, F J M ^a   Keus, R B ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE HYPERPLASIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA, NORTHERN; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA; CHILD; COBALT RADIOISOTOPES; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NETHERLANDS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031438844     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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