Rapid clearance of plasma epstein-barr virus DNA after surgical treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Clinical Cancer Research

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 3254-3259

  To, Edward W H ^a   Chan, K C Allen ^a   Leung, Sing Fai ^a   Chan, Lisa Y S ^a   To, Ka Fai ^a   Chan, Anthony T C ^a   Johnson, Philip J ^a   Lo, Y M Dennis ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRUS DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA DETERMINATION; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

CARCINOMA; DNA, VIRAL; HERPESVIRUS 4, HUMAN; HUMANS; IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0042334866     PISSN: 10780432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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