The effect of nodal status on determinants of initial treatment response and patterns of relapse-free survival in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 867-873

  Tang, Simon G ^a,b   See, Lai C ^c   Chen, Wen C ^a   Tsang, Sam ^a   Chang, Joseph T ^a   Hong, Ji H ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b Department of Medical Technology ^*  (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hazard function analysis; Nodal status; Relapse pattern; Treatment response

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENCE RISK; RELAPSE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RECURRENCE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0034237598     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00490-9     Document Type: Article

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