Brachytherapy boost for T1/T2 nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Head and Neck

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1610-1618

  Yeo, Richard ^a   Fong, Kam Weng ^a   Hee, Siew Wan ^a   Chua, Eu Tiong ^a   Tan, Terence ^a   Wee, Joseph ^a  

^a DIVISION OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Local control; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION DOSE DISTRIBUTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRACHYTHERAPY; CARCINOMA; COHORT STUDIES; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72449132833     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21130     Document Type: Article

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