Influence of MRI abnormality in skull base bone on prognosis of nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer/Radiotherapie

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 230-233

  Lu, Jin Cheng ^a   Wei, Qing ^a   Zhang, Yi Qin ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a JIANGSU CANCER HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Base du cr ne; Cancer du nasopharynx; IRM; MRI; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis factor; Pronostic; Skull base

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; FEMALE; FRACTIONATION; GAMMA RADIATION; HEAD POSITION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NERVE PARALYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION FIELD; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SKULL BASE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SKULL BASE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 4644338183     PISSN: 12783218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canrad.2004.04.005     Document Type: Article

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