Treatment of stage IV(A-B) nasopharyngeal carcinoma by induction-concurrent chemoradiotherapy and accelerated fractionation

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1331-1338

  Lee, Anne W M ^a   Yau, T K ^a   Wong, Dominique H M ^a   Chan, Elian W K ^a   Yeung, Rebecca M W ^a   Ng, W T ^a   Tong, Macy ^a   Soong, Inda S ^a   Sze, W M ^a  

^a PAMELA YOUDE NETHERSOLE EASTERN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Accelerated radiotherapy; Induction concurrent chemotherapy; Nasopharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTHERAPY; DISEASE CONTROL; FRACTIONATION; NEUROLOGY; RADIOTHERAPY; TOXICITY;

ACCELERATED RADIOTHERAPY; INDUCTION-CONCURRENT CHEMOTHERAPY; LOCOREGIONAL DISEASES; NASOPHARYNGEAL CANCER;

ONCOLOGY;

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIARRHEA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NERVOUS SYSTEM INJURY; NEUTROPENIA; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; STOMATITIS; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TREATMENT FAILURE; VOMITING;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; CISPLATIN; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, CONFORMAL; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 27344455265     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2005.05.061     Document Type: Article

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