In-depth evaluation of the AJCC/UICC 1997 staging system of nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Prognostic homogeneity and proposed refinements

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 413-426

  Au, Joseph Siu Kie ^a   Law, C K ^a   Foo, W ^a   Lau, W H ^a  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Carotid space; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Parapharyngeal space; Prognostic factors; Prognostic homogeneity; Proposed refinements; Staging systems

Indexed keywords

BIOPSY; ENDOSCOPY; FIBER OPTICS; TUMORS;

STAGING SYSTEMS;

ONCOLOGY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRANIAL NERVE; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; ORBIT CANCER; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR BIOPSY;

EID: 0038300485     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(02)04610-2     Document Type: Article

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