Pancreas-only metastasis from nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 444-445

  Tan, Sing Huang ^a   Wong, Alvin S C ^a   Thamboo, Thomas P ^a   Chang, Stephen K Y ^a   Khor, Christopher J L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHINESE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENDOSCOPIC ECHOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LETTER; LYMPH NODE BIOPSY; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; METASTASIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PANCREAS TUMOR; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 45249096894     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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