Radiographic assessment of the sinuses in patients treated for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

American Journal of Rhinology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 64-67

  Raviv, Joseph ^a   Downing, Lance ^b   Le, Quynh Thu ^b   Hwang, Peter ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Chemotherapy; Chronic; CT; Nasopharyngeal; Radiographic; Radiosurgery; Radiotherapy; Sinusitis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARANASAL SINUS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; STEREOTACTIC TREATMENT; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BIOPSY; CARCINOMA; DOSE FRACTIONATION; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PARANASAL SINUSES; RADIOSURGERY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749098653     PISSN: 10506586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2500/ajr.2007.21.3091     Document Type: Article

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