Analysis of prognostic factors of chemoradiation therapy for advanced hypopharyngeal cancer - Does tumor volume correlate with central necrosis and tumor pathology?

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Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 206-212

  Yung, An Tsou ^a   Jun, Hong Hua ^a   Meng, Hung Lin ^b   Ming, Hsui Tsai ^a,c  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Concurrent chemoradiation therapy; Hypopharyngeal cancer; Tumor volume

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX CANCER; MALE; NECROSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; KAPLAN-MEIERS ESTIMATE; LOGISTIC MODELS; LYMPH NODES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NECROSIS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33745217654     PISSN: 03011569     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000091803     Document Type: Article

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