Current treatment options for recurrent nasopharyngeal cancer

European Archives of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology

Volumn 267, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 1811-1824

  Suárez, Carlos ^a,b   Rodrigo, Juan P ^a,b   Rinaldo, Alessandra ^c   Langendijk, Johannes A ^d   Shaha, Ashok R ^e   Ferlito, Alfio ^c  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE BIOQUÍMICA Y BIOLOGÍA MOLECULAR   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF UDINE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^e MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Brachytherapy; Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Nasopharyngectomy; Radiotherapy; Recurrent

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; FLUORODEOXYGLUCOSE F 18;

BONE NECROSIS; BRACHYTHERAPY; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN NECROSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CRANIAL NEUROPATHY; ENDOSCOPY; EPISTAXIS; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAR EFFUSION; MIXED HEARING LOSS; MORBIDITY; NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NEUROTOXICITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION NECROSIS; REVIEW; SEROLOGY; STEREOTACTIC RADIOSURGERY; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TRISMUS; XEROSTOMIA;

COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; HUMANS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PHARYNGECTOMY; SALVAGE THERAPY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78449250038     PISSN: 09374477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00405-010-1385-x     Document Type: Review

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