Sensorineural hearing loss after radiotherapy and chemoradiotherapy: A single, blinded, randomized study

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1904-1909

  Wong, Kein Low ^a   Song, Tar Toh ^b   Wee, Joseph ^b   Fook Chong, Stephanie M C ^b   De, Yun Wang ^b  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE CONDUCTION; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTOTOXICITY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RADIATION INJURY; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; CARCINOMA; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION INJURIES; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 33646369431     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2005.05.0096     Document Type: Article

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