A study of middle ear function in the treatment of nasopharyngeal carcinoma with IMRT technique

Radiotherapy and Oncology

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 530-533

  Wang, Sheng Zi ^a   Li, Ji ^a   Miyamoto, Curtis T ^b   Chen, Fu ^a   Zhou, Li Fen ^a   Zhang, Hai Yan ^a   Yang, Gang ^a   Wang, Wei Fang ^a   Guo, Ming ^a   Ni, Xiao Chen ^a   Wang, Lei ^a  

^a EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TEMPLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiation induced otitis media with effusion; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUDITORY TUBE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING TEST; HUMAN; IMPEDANCE AUDIOMETRY; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE EAR; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTITIS MEDIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE;

AUDIOMETRY; CARCINOMA; EAR, MIDDLE; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED;

EID: 70449623549     PISSN: 01678140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2009.09.013     Document Type: Article

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