Predictive factors of tumor control and survival after radiosurgery for local failures of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1415-1421

  Chua, Daniel T T ^a   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a   Hung, Kwan Ngai ^a   Leung, Lucullus H T ^a   Au, Gordon K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

local failure; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; predictive factors; stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

CELLS; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; RADIOTHERAPY; TUMORS;

NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY;

SURGERY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAROTID ARTERY ANEURYSM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPISTAXIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HYPOPITUITARISM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSURGERY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; RADIOSURGERY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; REMISSION INDUCTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33751164194     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1364     Document Type: Article

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