Treatment results and late complications of 556 patients with locally advanced nasopharyngeal carcinoma treated with radiotherapy alone

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 82, Issue 978, 2009, Pages 452-458

  Chen, C Y ^a   Han, F ^a   Zhao, C ^a   Lu, L X ^a   Sun, Y ^a   Liu, X F ^a   Lu, Tai Xiang ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NONE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL RATE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT INDICATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66849084125     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/72813246     Document Type: Article

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