Prognostic impact of magnetic resonance imaging-detected cranial nerve involvement in nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1995-2003

  Liu, Lizhi ^a,b   Liang, Shaobo ^a   Li, Li ^a,b   Mao, Yanping ^a   Tang, Linglong ^a   Tian, Li ^a,b   Liao, Xinbiao ^a   Cui, Chunyan ^a,b   Lin, Aihua ^a   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

MRI detected cranial nerve involvement; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GADOLINIUM PENTETATE; GADOLINIUM PENTETATE MEGLUMINE; PLATINUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRANIAL NERVE; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CRANIAL NERVE DISEASES; CRANIAL NERVE NEOPLASMS; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 65649136219     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24201     Document Type: Article

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