Experience in fractionated stereotactic body radiation therapy boost for newly diagnosed nasopharyngeal carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 66, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1408-1414

  Chen, Helen H W ^a,b   Tsai, Sen Tien ^a   Wang, Mei Shu ^a   Wu, Yuan Hua ^a   Hsueh, Wei Ting ^a   Yang, Ming Wei ^a   Yeh, I Chun ^a   Lin, Jin Ching ^a,c,d  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fractionated; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation therapy; Stereotactic

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; TUMORS;

METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC); STEREOTACTIC;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; EPIRUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; FOLINIC ACID; MITOMYCIN C; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEPATITIS C; HUMAN; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; SKIN MANIFESTATION; THROMBOCYTOPENIA; TUMOR RECURRENCE; VIRUS REACTIVATION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES;

EID: 33751192889     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2006.07.1385     Document Type: Article

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