The volume to be irradiated during selective neck irradiation in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 680-688

  Tang, Linglong ^a   Mao, Yanping ^a   Liu, Lizhi ^b   Liang, Shaobo ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Liao, Xinbiao ^a   Lin, Aihua ^a   Liu, Mengzhong ^a   Li, Li ^b   Jun, Ma ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Lymph node metastases; Magnetic resonance imaging; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy; Selective neck irradiation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHILD; DOSIMETRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPHYLAXIS; RECURRENCE RISK; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NECK; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 60049092026     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24049     Document Type: Article

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