Comparison of Treatment Results Between Adult and Juvenile Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1064-1070

  Downing, N Lance ^a   Wolden, Suzanne ^b   Wong, Priscilla ^a   Petrik, David W ^a   Hara, Wendy ^a   Le, Quynh Thu ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adult; Juvenile; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Prognostic factors; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE GROUPS; CLASSIFICATION ,; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; LOCOREGIONAL CONTROL; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGNOSTIC FACTORS; RELAPSE-FREE SURVIVAL RATES; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHEMOTHERAPY; DECISION MAKING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; PATIENT MONITORING; QUALITY ASSURANCE; SAFETY FACTOR;

FISH;

BLEOMYCIN; CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; FLUOROURACIL; METHOTREXATE; PACLITAXEL; VINBLASTINE; VINCRISTINE;

ADJUVANT THERAPY; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; JUVENILE; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; METASTASIS POTENTIAL; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; SURVIVOR; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT FAILURE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449709866     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2008.12.030     Document Type: Article

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