Results of hypofractionated stereotactic re-irradiation on 13 locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinomas

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 23-28

  Orecchia, Roberto ^a   Grazia Ruo Redda, Maria ^b   Ragona, Riccardo ^b   Nassisi, Daniela ^b   Jereczek Fossa, Barbara ^a,c   Zurrida, Stefano ^a   Bussi, Mario ^b   Succo, Giovanni ^b   Sannazzari, GianLuca ^b  

^a EUROPEAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Hypofractionation; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiosurgery; Re irradiation; Recurrence; Stereotactic radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, HIGH-ENERGY; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032707111     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(99)00130-9     Document Type: Article

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