Retropharyngeal nodal metastasis related to higher rate of distant metastasis in patients with N0 and N1 nasopharyngeal cancer

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 468-474

  Tham, Ivan Weng Keong ^a   Siew, Wan Hee ^a   Swee, Peng Yap ^a   Tuan, Jeffrey Kit Loong ^a   Wee, Joseph ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Retropharyngeal node; Staging

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; IOPROMIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTANT METASTASIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RETROPHARYNGEAL LYMPH NODE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649086027     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21008     Document Type: Article

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