Tumor fever in patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Clinical experience of 67 patients

American Journal of Clinical Oncology: Cancer Clinical Trials

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 422-425

  Liaw, Chuang Chi ^a   Chen, Jen Shi ^a   Wang, Cheng Hsu ^a   Chang, Hsien Khun ^a   Huang, Jen Seng ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Indomethacin; Leukemoid reaction; Naproxen; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Paraneoplastic syndrome; Tumor fever

Indexed keywords

INDOMETACIN; NAPROXEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW CELL; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FEVER; HUMAN; LEUKEMOID REACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROMES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031815573     PISSN: 02773732     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000421-199808000-00023     Document Type: Article

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