Quantitative and temporal correlation between circulating cell-free Epstein-Barr virus DNA and tumor recurrence in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer Research

Volumn 59, Issue 21, 1999, Pages 5452-5455

  Lo, Y M Dennis ^a,b   Chan, Lisa Y S ^b   Chan, Anthony T C ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Lo, Kwok Wai ^b   Zhang, Jun ^b   Lee, Joseph C K ^b   Hjelm, N Magnus ^b   Johnson, Philip J ^a   Huang, Dolly P ^b  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIRUS DETECTION; VIRUS EXPRESSION;

BONE NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DNA, VIRAL; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0033229898     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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