Natural course and tumor doubling time of nasopharyngeal carcinoma. A study of 15 patients

Oral Oncology

Volumn 47, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 742-746

  Ho, Ambrose Chung Wai ^a   Lee, Victor Ho Fun ^b   To, Victor Shing Howe ^a   Kwong, Dora Lai Wan ^b   Wei, William Ignace ^a  

^a Department of Surgery   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Natural history; Tumor doubling time; Tumor growth rate; Untreated

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 79960697623     PISSN: 13688375     EISSN: 18790593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.oraloncology.2011.06.001     Document Type: Article

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