Grading of MRI-detected skull-base invasion in nasopharyngeal carcinoma and its prognostic value

Head and Neck

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1309-1314

  Chen, Lei ^a   Liu, Li Zhi ^b   Mao, Yan Ping ^a   Tang, Ling Long ^a   Sun, Ying ^a   Chen, Yong ^a   Lin, Ai Hua ^a   Li, Li ^b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

grading; magnetic resonance imaging; nasopharyngeal carcinoma; prognostic value; skull base invasion

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BONE EROSION; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER RELAPSE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL BASE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CONTRAST MEDIA; FEMALE; GADOLINIUM DTPA; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM GRADING; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SKULL BASE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051768922     PISSN: 10433074     EISSN: 10970347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/hed.21606     Document Type: Article

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