Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in childhood and adolescence: Analysis of a series of 32 patients treated with combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 2349-2354

  Daoud, J ^a   Toumi, N ^a   Bouaziz, M ^a   Ghorbel, A ^a   Jlidi, R ^a   Drira, M M ^a   Frikha, M ^a  

^a HABIB BOURGUIBA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Childhood; Nasopharynx; Survival; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ALOPECIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD TOXICITY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED PUBERTY; DRUG RESPONSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOTHYROIDISM; IRRADIATION; MALE; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEPHROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROSIS; SKIN MANIFESTATION; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TOOTH INJURY; TOXICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0141706571     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00512-4     Document Type: Article

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