Carcinoma of the Nasopharynx in Young Patients: a Single Institution Experience

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 617-622

  Shen, Chunying ^a   Gao, Yunsheng ^a   Xu, Tingting ^a   Wang, Xiaoshen ^a   Ying, Hongmei ^a   Hu, Chaosu ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Chemotherapy; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; radiotherapy; toxicity; young patients

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RELAPSE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COBALT THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTAL CARIES; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LINEAR ACCELERATOR; LIVER METASTASIS; MALE; MUCOSA INFLAMMATION; MUSCLE ATROPHY; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NEUTROPENIA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIATION DOSE; SCHOOL CHILD; SKIN FIBROSIS; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; XEROSTOMIA;

ADOLESCENT; CARCINOMA; CHILD; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NASOPHARYNX; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69449102327     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clon.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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