Prognostic influence of parapharyngeal extension in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 128, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 790-798

  Ho, Hsu Chueh ^a   Lee, Moon Sing ^a   Hsiao, Shih Hsuan ^a   Hwang, Juen Haur ^a   Hung, Shih Kai ^a   Lee, Ching Chih ^a,b   Chou, Pesus ^b  

^a BUDDHIST TZU CHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); Parapharyngeal; Survival rate

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER GRADING; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 45849121783     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: 16512553     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00016480701714269     Document Type: Article

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