Nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Lancet

Volumn 365, Issue 9476, 2005, Pages 2041-2054

  Wei, William I ^a   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; IFOSFAMIDE; METHOTREXATE; VINCRISTINE; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS RNA;

BIOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARCINOMA CELL; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CRANIAL NERVE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DRUG EFFICACY; EAR NOSE THROAT SURGERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMAGING; META ANALYSIS; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NECK TUMOR; NEUROLOGICAL COMPLICATION; NONHUMAN; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOLOGY; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEROLOGY; SIDE EFFECT; SYMPTOM;

EID: 20444472028     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(05)66698-6     Document Type: Conference Paper

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