Brachytherapy for primary and recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: 20 Years' experience at Long Beach Memorial

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1311-1321

  Syed, A M Nisar ^a   Puthawala, Ajmel A ^a   Damore, Steven J ^a   Cherlow, Joel M ^a   Austin, Peter A ^a   Sposto, Richard ^b   Ramsinghani, Nilam S ^c  

^a LONG BEACH MEMORIAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S ONCOLOGY GROUP   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Chemotherapy; Hyperthermia; Interstitial implant; Intracavitary implant; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation therapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; COBALT 60; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; HYPERTHERMIC THERAPY; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOISOTOPE THERAPY; RECURRENT CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMATITIS;

EID: 0034661780     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(00)00520-4     Document Type: Article

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