Incidence of long-term ipsilateral and contralateral ototoxicity following radiotherapy for nasopharyngeal carcinoma

Auris Nasus Larynx

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 95-100

  Wakisaka, Hiroyuki ^a   Yamada, Hiroyuki ^a   Motoyoshi, Kazumi ^a   Ugumori, Toru ^a   Takahashi, Hirotaka ^a   Hyodo, Masamitsu ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Ototoxicity; Radiotherapy

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; AUDITORY TUBE DYSFUNCTION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COCHLEA INJURY; EXTERNAL EAR; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INNER EAR; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MIDDLE EAR; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OTOSCOPY; OTOTOXICITY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCEPTION DEAFNESS; PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY; RADIATION DOSE; RANK SUM TEST; SECRETORY OTITIS MEDIA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA; COCHLEA; EAR; EUSTACHIAN TUBE; HEARING LOSS, SENSORINEURAL; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; RADIATION INJURIES; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 78651300215     PISSN: 03858146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anl.2010.03.012     Document Type: Article

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