Reirradiation of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with intensity-modulated radiotherapy

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 290-294

  Chua, Daniel T T ^a,b   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a   Leung, Lucullus H T ^a   Au, Gordon K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Intensity modulated radiotherapy; Local recurrence; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGRESSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTOTOXICITY; PHOTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; CARCINOMA; DISEASE COURSE; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PHASE 2 CLINICAL TRIAL; RADIATION INJURY; SURVIVAL; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 28944444039     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2005.10.010     Document Type: Article

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