Chemoradiotherapy for locally recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma: Treatment outcome and prognostic factors

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 803-809

  Nakamura, Tatsuya ^a   Kodaira, Takeshi ^a   Tachibana, Hiroyuki ^a   Tomita, Natsuo ^a   Tomoda, Takuya ^a   Nakahara, Rie ^a   Inokuchi, Haruo ^a   Mizoguchi, Nobutaka ^a   Takada, Akinori ^a   Fuwa, Nobukazu ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Locally recurrent; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognostic factors; Re treatment; Treatment outcome

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; IRIDIUM 192; NEDAPLATIN;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE MARROW TOXICITY; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION INJURY; RECURRENT CANCER; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARBOPLATIN; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CISPLATIN; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; ORGANOPLATINUM COMPOUNDS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; RETREATMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 57349131706     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyn104     Document Type: Article

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