High-dose, high-precision treatment options for boosting cancer of the nasopharynx

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 67-74

  Levendag, Peter C ^a   Lagerwaard, Frank J ^a   De Pan, Connie ^a   Noever, Inge ^a   Van Nimwegen, Arent ^a   Wijers, Oda ^a   Nowak, Peter J C M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Conformal radiation therapy; Endocavitary brachytherapy; Intensity modulation; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Stereotactic radiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ACCURACY; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION RESPONSE; SURVIVAL RATE; TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; DOSE FRACTIONATION; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0036286254     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8140(02)00008-7     Document Type: Article

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