Treatment Outcomes After Radiotherapy Alone for Patients With Early-Stage Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1070-1076

  Xiao, Wei Wei ^a,b   Han, Fei ^a,b   Lu, Tai Xiang ^a,b   Chen, Chun Yan ^a,b   Huang, Ying ^a,b   Zhao, Chong ^a,b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Early stage; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognosis; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DATA; COMBINED TREATMENT; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY STAGE; FOUR-GROUP; FUZHOU , CHINA; LOCAL RECURRENCE; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY ALONE; RECURRENCE-FREE SURVIVAL; STATISTICALLY SIGNIFICANT DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOMES;

PATHOLOGY;

RADIOTHERAPY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTANT METASTASIS; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LIVER METASTASIS; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS FREE SURVIVAL; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENCE FREE SURVIVAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649566412     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.09.008     Document Type: Article

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