Postradiation nasopharyngeal necrosis in the patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 807-812

  Hua, Yi Jun ^a   Chen, Ming Yuan ^a   Qian, Chao Nan ^a   Hong, Ming Huang ^a   Zhao, Chong ^a   Guo, Ling ^a   Guo, Xiang ^a   Cao, Kao Jia ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Consequential late effect; Debridement; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma (NPC); Necrosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; METRONIDAZOLE; ORNIDAZOLE; SULPERAZON;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEBRIDEMENT; DRUG SENSITIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHARYNX DISEASE; PHARYNX HEMORRHAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION NECROSIS; RISK FACTOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; COHORT STUDIES; DEBRIDEMENT; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LARYNGOSCOPY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NECROSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY PLANNING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 67049100820     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21036     Document Type: Article

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