How successful is high-dose (≤60 Gy) reirradiation using mainly external beams in salvaging local failures of nasopharyngeal carcinoma?

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 897-913

  Teo, Peter Man Lung ^a   Kwan, Wing Hong ^a   Chan, Anthony Tak Cheung ^a   Lee, Wai Yee ^a   King, Walter Wing Keung ^a   Mok, Chun On ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Complications; Local failures; Nasopharyngectomy; NPC; Prognosticators; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION BEAM; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT FAILURE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT FAILURE;

EID: 0344653652     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(97)00854-7     Document Type: Article

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