The results and prognosis of different treatment modalities for solitary metastatic lung tumor from nasopharyngeal carcinoma: A retrospective study of 105 cases

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 787-795

  Ma, Jun ^a,b   Wen, Zhe Sheng ^a   Lin, Peng ^a   Wang, Xin ^a   Xie, Fang Yun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SHAANXI PROVINCIAL PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Lung metastasis; Nasopharyngeal neoplasms; Prognosis; Treatment

Indexed keywords

BLEOMYCIN; CISPLATIN; FLUOROURACIL; GEMCITABINE;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DRUG EFFICACY; DRUG SAFETY; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LOBECTOMY; LUNG METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROGRESSION FREE SURVIVAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

EID: 79955860515     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.010.10098     Document Type: Article

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