What is the significance of nasal involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 907-914

  Lin, Zhi Xiong ^a   Li, De Rui ^a   Chen, Zhi Jian ^a   Zheng, Ming Zhan ^a   Shi, Yong Yi ^a   Lin, Bo Hang ^a   Kapp, Daniel S ^b   Hoppe, Richard T ^b  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasal fossa; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FIBERSCOPE ENDOSCOPY; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE CAVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032718074     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(99)00297-7     Document Type: Article

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