Factors associated with nodal metastasis in nasopharyngeal cancer: An approach to reduce the radiation field in selected patients

British Journal of Radiology

Volumn 84, Issue 999, 2011, Pages 265-270

  Tomita, Natsuo ^a   Fuwa, N ^b   Ariji, Y ^c   Kodaira, T ^a   Mizoguchi, N ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Southern Tohoku General Hospital   (Japan)

^c AICHI GAKUIN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSITY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SCANNER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PATIENT SELECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIATION DOSAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951929957     PISSN: 00071285     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1259/bjr/47164832     Document Type: Article

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