Stereotactic radiosurgery plus intracavitary irradiation in the salvage of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 321-329

  Low, John S H ^a   Chua, Eu Tiong ^a   Gao, Fei ^a   Wee, Joseph T S ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Intracavity irradiation; Recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEAM THERAPY; BIOPSY; BONE NECROSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ENDOSCOPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSURGERY; RECURRENT DISEASE; RELAPSE; SALVAGE THERAPY; SKULL BASE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; TREATMENT FAILURE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; AGED; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMOBILIZATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33645682606     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.20338     Document Type: Article

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