Reirradiation of Locally Recurrent Nasopharynx Cancer With External Beam Radiotherapy With or Without Brachytherapy

International Journal of Radiation Oncology Biology Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 130-137

  Koutcher, Lawrence ^a   Lee, Nancy ^a   Zelefsky, Michael ^a   Chan, Kelvin ^a   Cohen, Gilad ^a   Pfister, David ^a   Kraus, Dennis ^a   Wolden, Suzanne ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Intracavitary brachytherapy; Late complications; Locally recurrent nasopharynx cancer; Reirradiation

Indexed keywords

BRACHYTHERAPY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; INTENSITY-MODULATED RADIOTHERAPY; LATE EFFECTS; LOCAL CONTROL; OVERALL SURVIVAL; OVERALL SURVIVAL RATES; REIRRADIATION; SURVIVAL RATE; THERAPEUTIC MODALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHEMOTHERAPY; FLUORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PLATINUM; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RESONANCE;

RADIOTHERAPY;

CETUXIMAB; PACLITAXEL; PLATINUM DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LOCALLY RECURRENT NASOPHARYNX CANCER; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION NECROSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SYNCOPE; TRISMUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; BRACHYTHERAPY; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RADIOTHERAPY, INTENSITY-MODULATED; RETREATMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 72049123477     PISSN: 03603016     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2009.01.055     Document Type: Article

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