Stereotactic Radiosurgery Versus Gold Grain Implantation in Salvaging Local Failures of Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 469-474

  Chua, Daniel T T ^a   Wei, William I ^a   Sham, Jonathan S T ^a   Hung, Kwan Ngai ^a   Au, Gordon K H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Gold grain implantation; Local failure; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Stereotactic radiosurgery

Indexed keywords

IMPLANTS (SURGICAL); NEUROLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; STATISTICAL METHODS; TUMORS;

GOLD GRAIN IMPLANTATION (GGI); LOCAL FAILURE; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA (NPC); REIRRADIATION; SALVAGE TREATMENT; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY (SRS);

RADIOTHERAPY;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; IMPLANTATION; IRRADIATION; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NEUROENDOCRINE DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; FEMALE; GOLD RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; RADIOSURGERY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 34548522202     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2007.03.012     Document Type: Article

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