Dosimetric and clinical results of three-dimensional conformal radiotherapy for locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 197-203

  Zheng, Xiao Kang ^a   Ma, Jun ^b   Chen, Long Hua ^a   Xia, Yun Fei ^b   Shi, Yu Sheng ^a  

^a FIRST MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

3D conformal; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Recurrent disease

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED RADIOTHERAPY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SURVIVAL TIME; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 20444429340     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.03.008     Document Type: Article

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