Three-dimensional intensity-modulated radiotherapy in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: The University of California-San Francisco experience

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 711-722

  Sultanem, K ^a,b   Shu, Hui Kuo ^a,c   Xia, Ping ^a   Akazawa, Clayton ^a   Quivey, Jeanne M ^a   Verhey, Lynn J ^a   Fu, Karen K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Intensity modulated; Nasopharynx; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTOTOXICITY; PHARYNGITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT PLANNING; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0034307220     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00702-1     Document Type: Article

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