Results and prognostic factors in the retreatment of locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1099-1111

  Hwang, Jing Min ^a   Fu, Karen K ^b   Phillips, Theodore L ^b  

^a TRI SERVICE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Nasopharynx; Prognostic factors; Recurrent; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BEAM THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0032527652     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(98)00164-3     Document Type: Article

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