Pretherapy quantitative measurement of circulating Epstein - Barr virus DNA is predictive of posttherapy distant failure in patients with early-stage nasopharyngeal carcinoma of undifferentiated type

Cancer

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 288-291

  Leung, Sing fai ^a   Chan, Anthony T C ^a   Zee, Benny ^a   Ma, Brigette ^a   Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Epstein Barr virus (EBV) DNA; Metastases; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); Prognosis; Stage

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DNA, VIRAL; EPSTEIN-BARR VIRUS INFECTIONS; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0037669569     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.11496     Document Type: Article

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