Nasopharyngeal carcinoma in young patients: A systematic review of racial demographics

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1021-1026

  Cannon, Trinitia ^a,b   Zanation, Adam M ^a   Lai, Victor ^a   Weissler, Mark C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA HOSPITALS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Children; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; NPC

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; METHOTREXATE; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DESQUAMATION; DISEASE FREE INTERVAL; DYSPHAGIA; FIBROSIS; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; HYPERPIGMENTATION; HYPOTHYROIDISM; LITERATURE; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA; NEUROPATHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRISMUS; WEIGHT REDUCTION; XEROSTOMIA; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; FEMALE; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; RACE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745271040     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000217243.08756.0c     Document Type: Review

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