Surgical salvage of persistent or recurrent nasopharyngeal carcinoma with maxillary swing approach - Critical appraisal after 2 decades

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 969-975

  Wei, William I ^a   Chan, Jimmy Yu Wai ^a   Ng, Raymond Wai Man ^a   Ho, Wai Kuen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

long term results; maxillary swing approach; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; persistent recurrent; surgical salvage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRACHYTHERAPY; CANCER CONTROL; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; EXTERNAL BEAM RADIOTHERAPY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXILLARY SWING APPROACH; NASOPHARYNGECTOMY; NASOPHARYNX; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; ORAL SURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SALVAGE THERAPY; SURGICAL APPROACH; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; BRACHYTHERAPY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; PHARYNGECTOMY; SALVAGE THERAPY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959199372     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21558     Document Type: Article

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