Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in children: Ten years' experience at the Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 189-195

  Laskar, Siddhartha ^a   Sanghavi, Vimal ^a   Muckaden, Marry Ann ^a   Ghosh, Sarbani ^a   Bhalla, Vishal ^a   Banavali, Shripad ^a   Kurkure, Purna ^a   Nair, Chandrika ^a   Dinshaw, Ketayun A ^a  

^a TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Childhood; Combined modality; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASES; HISTOLOGY; PEDIATRICS; RADIOTHERAPY; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

PROGNOSTIC FACTORS;

ONCOLOGY;

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; METHOTREXATE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DENTAL CARIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUTROPENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; SKIN TOXICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; XEROSTOMIA;

EID: 0346993591     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0360-3016(03)00773-9     Document Type: Article

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