Nasopharyngeal cancer in the Middle East: Experience of the American University of Beirut Medical Center

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1408-1415

  Geara, Fady B ^a   Nasr, Elie ^a   Tucker, Susan L ^b   Brihi, Emile ^a   Zaytoun, George ^a   Hadi, Usama ^a   Salem, Ziad ^a   El Saghir, Naji ^a   Issa, Philip ^a   Shamseddine, Ali ^a  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY OF BEIRUT   (Lebanon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; Middle East; Nasopharynx; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DIAGNOSIS; DISEASES; DOSIMETERS; ENZYMES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS; STATISTICAL METHODS;

DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL (DFS); HISTOLOGIC FACTORS; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC); UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

TUMORS;

CISPLATIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAST; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 20144388477     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2004.08.049     Document Type: Article

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